Steve Peat at Ft Bill WC 2011 in Wester Ross, Scotland - photo by cloverleaf

Fort William World Cup 2011 photos - copyright Ian MacLennan 2011.

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Album: 2011WC2
Category: DH Racing
Date Posted: Jun 6, 2011 at 14:03
Jun 6, 2011
Location: Wester Ross, Scotland
Trail: Ft Bill WC 2011
Riders: Steve Peat

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danielsim1990 (Jun 8, 2011 at 9:11)

Just to clarrify all this new tech. Keronite is a coatign applied to the lowers with a couple of advantages. The coating is far more durable than paint and also happens to be a little bit lighter. I for one welcome this change, as the paint on my boxxer seems to flake off if I look at it the wring way. This coating will be available on the world cup boxxer.

DLC (diamond like coating) is a stanchion treatment designed to reduce friction. Word on the street is that dlc has not been included in the 2012 line up as there are concerns over the long term durability.

NorCalDH (Jun 7, 2011 at 8:20)

what happened to the keronite boxxer? why are the stanchions black again?

luke-xcess (Jun 7, 2011 at 8:58)

I think the keronite was the coating they put in the paint for the lowers not the stanchions, but I might be wrong

tomer4eva (Jun 7, 2011 at 9:54)

It's the special BlackBox edition for the pros

kdubsteezey (Jun 7, 2011 at 11:32)

luke your right, i think that the stanchions have a coating called DLC if i am correct?

prozak (Jun 8, 2011 at 6:22)

You're correct. However, the keronite was a process used only for the lowers and the "only" advantage is the weight, but the Blackbox project is about developing new technologies, first of all on the internals. So I think they're working for a better internal work, still knowing that the future production may use the keronite technology.

chris-barr (Jun 9, 2011 at 10:45)

That I am aware of, they made the keronite version for the pros to test, granted the only advantage is weight, however it got the thumbs up and now they use the new keronite finish on the lowers of the DLC blackbox boxxers, so these will have both technologies.