Hi Glen:

Thanks so much for your reply. You're right that both of my fork
and rear shock are stock as I do more research and confirm they do
have disk brake tabs on forks way back in 98'. The rear shock for
sure will need to be replace as its 2" travel and by the time I sit
on the seat it pretty much have 1.5" effective travel and that isn't
much room to absorb shocks. I'll definitely check out the Manitou
SPV Air 4 Way shock you mentioned, by the way what is the
difference between SPV 4 way or 3 way? Any preference between air
over coil over(spring) rear shocks?

As I research about front shock I found there are some vary
innovative fork designs back in mid 90's like AMP Research F2-F4
front forks then the Girvin/Noleen linkage front fork on K2 Proflex
bikes. There are Upside down forks I see that migrate from
motorcycle trends to bikes. Wondering how those shocks might perform
on the Trek Y frames? I got a sense that the Golden Age of Mountain
bikes are the 90's. All the new bikes I see out there all looks the
same, how many ways can you do a double diamond design? (its been
rehash to death) The only thing that differentiate among mountain
bike are the shock travel, "my bike has 9" how long is your
bike?" ;) I guess men will be men.

I just take a test ride on my Y today and the handling feels really
quick responsive, not quite what I expected from a mountain bike,
the only thing that I feel is slowing down the steering is the nobby
tires. Center of gravity is high for sure.

have a great weekend,
Frank




--- In trekybikes@yahoogroups.com, "glen8459" <g.toy@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Frank
>
> I also ride a '98 yellow Y-11 myself & still have the original UK
> Trek range brochure so hopefully can help you on some of your
> queries. The original forks were RS Judy XC with 80mm travel in
> black with yellow stickers. From memory I don't remember mine
having
> disc brake fittings, however looking at the pictures in the
brochure
> the '98 Y-22 did have them, so I wouldn't rule it out for
different
> markets around the globe. I've replaced mine with RS Duke Race
100mm
> which are OK & the extra travel definitely helps over some of the
> larger bumps.
>
> Your rear shock is definitely original & whilst they were OK back
> in '98, it could probably do with a decent replacement now as you
> suggest. I changed mine to a Manitou SPV Air 4 Way 165mm which I
> think is 5mm longer than the Vanilla. As long as you spend some
time
> setting it up correctly then the Stable Platform Valve helps
> eliminate most of the 'bob'. If you want to go down this route you
> require 16mm & 22mm bushes for it to fit correctly. Regarding your
> question about a rear shock with more travel, obviously you risk
> altering the whole geometry of the bike so I'm not sure about
this.
> Perhaps somebody else can help on that one.
>
> Happy Riding!
>
> Glen
> --- In trekybikes@yahoogroups.com, "fjyang69" <fjyang69@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > Just got a yellow 1998 Y-11 off ebay the other day and finaly
have
> a
> > chance to play with it. I always have a soft spot for Y-bikes as
> it
> > was one of the bikes I lusted over in grad school but never can
> > afford it until now and ebay. I got it for $430 (a good price?)
> and
> > the shop I bought it from waive the shipping after it took them
a
> > month to figure out how to package this thing and ship it to
me.
> > When I received it it was cake in dirt and took me a while to
wipe
> > it down and clean it up. The previouse owner ride the thing
pretty
> > hard & good. I got a feeling it will be a labor of love for me
> and
> > my wallet :)
> >
> > The front shock is Rock Shox Judy XC long travel. Black with
> Yellow
> > stickers It seem stock (original shock that come with the bike)
to
> > me but I see that it has disk brake tabe already built in to the
> > fork legs. Do they have disk brake tabs on Rock Shox back in
> 98' ?
> > Is there a way to determine what year and spec. of my shock?
> >
> > Second question, If the inner upper tube is 3" long then its a
3"
> > travel so 4" is 4" travel? shock or there are different
variables?
> > Mine is 4"
> >
> > Third, The rear shock is Fox air Vanilla seem original to me
and
> it
> > only have 2" to travel. If I upgrade the rear shock to have 3"
or
> > more travel to match the front shock does that cause any issues?
> > beside the bike might sit a little higher.
> >
> > Hope you guy's can help me out thanks.
> >
> > Frank
> >
>