88Intl Posted November 24, 2002 Report Share Posted November 24, 2002 The small auxilary springs on an early W-body rear suspension are elastomer, as used in many mountain bike suspension forks. Was just reading a page on tips for mountain biking in Alaska winter "Elastomer suspensions generally stop moving between 20 F and 0 F but they don't seem to be damaged by the cold. " http://www.allweathersports.com/winter/winter.html [/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpse3200 Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 Those springs are more that what they appear to be. There is a metal mesh in the rubber encasement on the cylindrical springs. I'm not sure about the figures 8's but I beleive there is a metal frame work in them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 yeah the figure 8's have a metal cream filling too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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