Inside the Mission Control dampener
Monday, January 22nd, 2007If you’ve been living in a cave, and missed Rock Shox’s Mission Control dampening system, check out this article that Cycling News has put together to help explain the Mission Control Dampener.
“Rock Shox turned around its at-the-time somewhat tenuous condition back in 2004 with the introduction of its Motion Control damper. The surprisingly simple (read: durable) and elegant layout utilizes a relatively basic orifice-type damper plus a supplementary blowoff valve, but careful execution of the design delivered extremely competent bump performance that was also very user-friendly to boot. In spite of criticisms that the design used too much plastic (in actuality, the design would have been nearly impossible to craft in metal), the system has proven to be impressively durable.”
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