What is the difference between an Intiminator and a cartridge emulator?
The only similarity between the Intiminator and a cartridge emulator is where it fits in the fork. Unfortunately, the unmodified damper rod front fork barely qualifies as a shock absorber. The Emulator improves it by giving a blow off style damping response. Low speed resistance is increased to reduce brake dive and the high speed impacts are lessened to prevent hydraulic spiking. With conventional shock systems, there’s always a compromise between stability and comfort. The Intiminator uses a patented inertia valve. The inertia valve is designed to ‘read’ the road surface and move between the stability circuit and the comfort circuit within milliseconds, seamlessly. Because the inertia valve can sense any bump and cause the shock to go soft instantly, the stability circuit is valved a few times stiffer than a conventional shock could get away with without being too harsh. The inertia valve does not open for chassis inputs regardless of the psi. The inertia valve is very sensitive to t
