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Cane Creek C-Quent simplifies Double Barrel tuning for stock mountain bikes

2017 Cane Creek C-Quent OEM double barrel air shock for mountain bikes
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2017 Cane Creek C-Quent OEM double barrel air shock for mountain bikes

While the Cane Creek Double Barrel shock lineup has been one of the premiere aftermarket upgrades for many enduro, all-mountain and downhill riders, it’s could also be seen as intimidating for the less technical savvy mountain biker that just wants to get out and ride.

For those folks, the Cane Creek C-Quent takes most of the internal performance and packages it into a pre-tuned shock for OEM placement. Meaning, you get the distinct high and low speed compression and rebound circuits of the DB, but they’re already factory set for optimum performance for your new bike…

2017 Cane Creek C-Quent OEM double barrel air shock for mountain bikes

Anytime you buy a complete bike, you’re almost certainly getting a rear shock that’s been tuned by the suspension manufacturer based on the bike’s leverage ratio and intended use. That’s called a “Base Tune”, and for most riders, it’s more than sufficient. Even with the high end bikes that come with a DB shock, Cane Creek says most riders don’t mess with the Base Tune because it ends up working very well. With that in mind, they created the C-Quent, which does away with all external adjustments beyond the Climb Switch and low speed rebound.

2017 Cane Creek C-Quent OEM double barrel air shock for mountain bikes

The Climb Switch severely limits compression, providing an instantly stiffer platform for climbing or sprinting. It also tweaks the rebound damping slightly, which is full explained in this post. It’s not a full lockout, but in our testing it’s been plenty effective in firming up the rear end without giving up the traction benefits full suspension offers.

2017 Cane Creek C-Quent OEM double barrel air shock for mountain bikes

The key difference (beyond the lack of external controls) is that the high speed compression circuit now resides on the piston as a shim stack, rather than inside a smaller circuit at the top of the shock. Otherwise, the design is very similar, relying on a large air chamber and nitrogen charged IFP to keep you flowing smoothly over the trail.

2017-Cane-Creek-C-Quent-spec-chart

Because it loses most of the controls, it comes in relatively light at just 295g, compared to 509g for a DB Air with Climb Switch. It’ll be available as OEM only, so look for it on 2017 bikes coming later this summer.

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Phil
Phil
7 years ago

I believe this should directly compared to the DB Inline, not DB Air CS, and that shock is also ~295 grams.

the biz
the biz
7 years ago

i require the array of adjustments since i like to ruin my shock tune in as many ways possible.

lol
lol
7 years ago

If you don’t want to spend time tuning your suspension to your personal requirements, then don’t but a Cane Creek in the first place

sad
sad
7 years ago
Reply to  lol

well its basically their trail and miniduro product to compete with fox and rockshox on the OEM market

Jb
Jb
7 years ago

If you could stop the normal inlines failing so often that would be great.

Marin
Marin
7 years ago

So, heavier and most likely more expensive shock with worse track record in reliability than RS or Fox without any benefits of CC that is adjustability.
Oh, and it’s not user serviceable on top of it…

That sounds like a good idea.

bearCol
bearCol
7 years ago
Reply to  Marin

Just because you don’t have the manual adjustable capabilities doesn’t mean you dont’ have the twin tube damper. This is just idiot proof settings vs allowing someone that buys a complete bike, turns a bunch of knobs making their suspension feel like crap. Twin tube damper is a great design, nothing wrong with making an auto transmission model. Hopefully they up reliability. The inline has hurt their rep pretty bad. My old piggy back db air wasn’t very reliable either. Best air shock I’ve run though.

Antoine
Antoine
7 years ago

I have a hard time thinking a shock tune is mostly frame dependent and not rider dependent. I mean between a 55 and a 110kg rider the air pressur will be cmopletely different and the damper will need to be tuned accordingly.

Mr. P
7 years ago
Reply to  Antoine

Think frame size = weight zone in addition to leverage ratios.

P

unusualbread
unusualbread
7 years ago

This might end up working better than a standard inline as it is using a shim stack (smoother response) vs relying heavily on a popit valve. I’m interested.

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