· Currently most air bottles are attached to the fork legs. The fork legs are often tapered which may cause the tie strap to slide up the taper and loosen. If the bottles come loose they can get caught between the fork leg and the steering head. (I have seen this happen!)
· The Too Tech Air Tank is positioned parallel to the crossbar pad and can’t get caught between the forks and the steering head.
MAINTENANCE
· Unfortunately a small amount of oil is combined with the air that passes between the fork and the air bottle. Currently all air bottle designs connect the air line at the top of the bottle. Because oil is heavier than air, the oil falls to the bottom of the bottle and accumulates. After a day of riding, the bottle fills with oil and the fork looses oil which changes the fork performance. To bleed the air out of the forks and / or drain the oil back into the forks, the bottles must be disconnected, turned upside down and raised above the forks. There are several complicated procedures for insuring that all the oil in the bottle is returned to the fork.
· The Too Tech Bottle is positioned above the top of the forks and the air lines connect to the bottom of the bottle. This combination assures that any oil that enters the bottle is drawn out and sent back to the forks. No bottle oil maintenance is ever required. Additionally the forks can be bled at any time by pushing the air valve (schraeder valve).
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Use this schrader valve to bleed the air out of your forks at least once a day. Put the bike on a stand with the forks fully extended when bleeding.
FUNCTION This is really important guys!!
· The air bottle principal depends upon restricting the airflow into the bottle. All current bottles use an adjustable orifice that limits airflow in both directions. This means that the air that flows into the bottle slowly, also leaves the bottle slowly. Because the air returns to the forks slowly, current bottles tend to cause slow rebound and make the forks pack and feel dead.
· The Too Tech Air Tank uses a pneumatic device called a ‘flow control valve’. A flow control valve has an adjustable orifice to control the air going into the tank, and a check valve to allow free flow of the air back out of the tank. This guarantees that the forks rebound at the same speed regardless of how much air has transferred into the Air Tank. This insures they do not pack or feel dead.
This Flow Control device contains a check valve - this is the key to our improved performance on the track!