The Inside Line Podcast - Vital MTB
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The Inside Line Podcast - Vital MTB
More Linear? More Comfortable?? Tech Breakdown & Impressions of RockShox New Zeb Fork
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RockShox Zeb fork is all-new for model year 2027. They’ve taken what they learned developing the latest Boxxer, and have applied many of the same technologies and tuning ideologies to their single-crown, gravity fork.
Vital editor, Jason Schroeder, has spent the past few months testing the fork and runs you through everything that’s new, and how it’s performed so far.
More info - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2027-rockshox-zeb-fork-tech-info-impressions-discussion
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Chassis Updates
0:46 - New fenders
1:05 - New pressure relief valves
1:16 - Linear XL air spring details
1:42 - AirAnnex chamber
2:01 - new Adjustable Bottom Out (ABO) feature
2:51 - New stanchions detail
3:08 - ButterWagon Tech - divots in the stanchion
3:31 - Charger 3.2 damper updates
3:38 - Oil, seals, grease updates
4:20 - Zeb Product Line
5:06 - Setting up the new Zeb
5:25 - Damper settings
6:10 - Air pressure settings
6:56 - Linear XL air spring positives
7:49 - Linear XL air spring negatives
8:34 - ABO impressions
10:05 - Zeb's versatility
10:46 - Bottom Line on the new Zeb