Cane Creek Tigon

I've got one on my transition scout. I'm still working through the settings but overall I 'm very happy with it. Cane creek customer support is second to none. Regarding the sag indicator, it can be hard to make out the sag if your doing it by yourself. Remove the spring and install an o-ring on the shaft. You'll see it clearly against the 15-20mm gradient markers. Happy downhilling

It seems like hydraulic bottom out is a better way to handle end stroke ramp than this. The only draw for this coil just seems to be for bikes with long yokes that want to run a coil

try 500 - 550lb spring, middle of all compression settings, 7 on rebound, 20psi
especially good for your RM PP

Not one to comment with hate but truly love this shock so gotta advocate.

Haven’t ran any other cane creek coil shock, so can’t compare there. Personally find it to have an incredible pedal platform.

Have owned since week it was released, prefer it over the push and dhx2. ran it on my rascal, under stroked on 2 different Levos. Absolutely beat it and still dialed. Ran up to 80 psi without any issues and was boosting the local dirt jumps.

Haven’t ran one on a larger travel bike, may handle things differently. Will have one soon for big bike. But rode it on 130 rascal for multiple bike park days. Ate up brake bumps far better than push or dhx2 I previously had.

It may not have that numb dead rear end feeling, but that’s the point. It’s meant to have fun and absolutely rip.

Love the hot take and truly giving your opinion. the industry definitely needs it. Well done video and learned a few things. Subscribed

will you do a Tigon vs Ext?

I can’t get mine to ride right either. Had it on my Levo and it was okay, but it was terrible on my stump evo.

I miss tuning carbs. Good review sir.

I used dvo ls springs on the Tigon and it works OK without a problem. To my knowledge if you want to use springs under 350lbs dvo spring is the only option for it. After getting the tigo I disassembled the air can and put slick honey on the o ring and it helped the small bump. The reason that the tigon has higher breakaway force comparing to the Kitsuma is because the damper rod diameter is 12.7mm vs 8mm. Given the same ifp pressure, if the kitsuma has 28lbs of breakaway force. Then tigon shall have 44. Rest of the force is coming from air can o ring and ifp o ring.

A tigon has pop like an air shock due to the friction of the aircan seals. Which is why you didn't like adding compression.. that friction being gone on a coil is most of why they're so supple. Looks like cane creek created a gimmick that kinda sucks

I wondered for years why there hasn't been an air coil hybrid. Anyone know why?

Cane creek so have the best bearing in the business. Better than Chris king imo.

Another awesome and useful video by you! Thanks! Keep up the good work! 👏

Hi Mr otter i have a Tigon shock and love it i really want to be able to service the air can side of it, is it easy to do any tips? I normally do 50hr services on all my rockshox stuff

Have just purchased mine. First ride today. Your thoughts scare me. Went with smaller lbs spring rate ( yes, VALT is the only spring fits, have tried, EXT, Ohlins, FOX SLS ) and going to ride air chamber empty though.

The kitsuma launched with an ifp. It lasted 20 hours. A retro fit bladder was released and the current ones are all bladder. I sold it after warranty and bought an ohlins. I wouldn't buy another cane creek. It did feel great though in the short time it worked.

Long shot I know, but I'm visiting the Portland area this week and am wondering if you'd give up some of the usual spots you ride in your videos. Your style of riding is right up my alley. Thanks for the hilarious and incredibly informative vids as always!

Thanks for the warning on sprindex, have been running it for a month and looked and yup, it's worn down a bit.

I put the Tigon on my Revel Rail 29. Took me a minute to get it right, but my goodness is it right now. 550# spring with about 2.5 turns of preload and about 23-35 PSI. HSC is a quarter turn softer than what it came with. I completely disagree with your statement that it's not good for flowy fast jump trails. I believe CC tunes these specifically for each bike and rider. Perhaps moving it back and forth between bikes means the tune isn't matched to that bike's leverage.

Did you try the x-fusion H3C? It was like 250$ (320$CDN) new in 185x55 so I scooped it up and tried it with a (55mm stroke) 550 to 670 valt progressive spring on the giant trance x29, it's extremely plush and responsive, lacking high speed rebound tho ... Needs more holes or thinner shims I guess 😅

I originally wanted the tigon for the Jeckyll but it wasn't available right meow in 205 x 65 plus the usualy trusty dude at s4 suspension (my nearest local specialist) told me that the ride was hard to tune and it would probably feel too harsh for what I had in mind I'd be better with the kistuma air instead. I'm all for plushies...

Interesting. I’m always looking at different shock brands and options for coil shocks. Just purchased a Rocky Mountain instinct powerplay c70. The design allows it to be very coil friendly.

Interesting to hear your thoughts on this. I am running one on my Ripmo with a Cascade link. 550 lb spring (Calculators have me at 525) with no air and minimum compression, sitting at around 28% sag. As the Ripmo is very progressive with the Cascade link, I find it to have very good small bump as well as support. I think using a heavier spring is better for progressive bikes. I do find the mid stroke damping to be slightly too harsh though.

Been waiting for this one