Interesting company, prices are pretty good considering they replace all internals and labour included.

www.CR1engineering.com
Pinkbike article on CR1



Avalanche Replacement Cartridge Kit

yeah they do an crazy internal kit for the Boxxer...!

but I love my Boxxer how it is for now...I never had a fork that good before!

chev wrote:


Yes I agree, don't touch that Boxxer especially the 2010 - 2011 their good the way they are from info I got. But in old forks like older boxxers or 888's it is worth it.

Both company's use shim stack valves and it can be fine tuned for rider use. Avalanche has a chart on how to re-valve the cartridge yourself if the person is ok with working on internals that is. I emailed Avalanche for info and see what price I can get, maybe write a review on it too who knows.

I'd buy the Avalanche cartridge for $300 including adapters. That's actually a pretty cool deal

bg wrote:


That's what I'm going to do but later towards end of August, adapters are not yet available. I mind as well do a complete rebuild on my fork too, change seals and o-rings.

How was the riding tonight?

Rigaud wrote:


I didn't get out.

I'm busy studying for an exam

bg wrote:


That's OK, all that hard work for more and better education has been paying off the last few years.

Rigaud wrote:

unsure: I mind as well do a complete rebuild on my fork too, change seals and o-rings.

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You know how to do that? I have a set of DJ's that need new seals and oil and I don't want to send them to a bike shop and I would love to get to know how to do these things. Are you thinking of running a how to work shop?

Got a reply from the owner of Avalanche, shipping date at the earliest would be mid August and total cost $423 USD plus Taxes & duty which would be anywhere from $60 to 100. Still worth I believe especially that these cartridges are 100% serviceable and can be fine tuned for rider/user. I'll also make an adapter for my top crown in order to be able and use any integrated stem for boxxers.

Drew wrote:


You know how to do that? I have a set of DJ's that need new seals and oil and I don't want to send them to a bike shop and I would love to get to know how to do these things. Are you thinking of running a how to work shop? [/quote]

Drew, I don't do workshops, prefer not to be responsible for someone doing something wrong afterwards and pointing fingers. I rebuild, gut and paint my own forks as with other products also help out friends. I can help you out but not till next month.

By workshop I mean I do the work and you check to see if I screw it up! It would be great if you could point me in the right direction.

Drew wrote:


That I could do and Marz DJ forks are simple also, actually all Marzocchi with exception of 2008-2009 are simple internals. I even opened up my Manitou Travis, now that's a pain in the ass to reassemble. They use shim stacks as well and a great system but with two seperate oil chambers and picky to have exact oil weight, vlume also to bleed out.