Patent ID: 7703585

Claim:
A suspension unit operable between a compressed position and an extended position, comprising: a first chamber filled with gas; a second chamber filled with gas, the second chamber gas biasing the suspension unit toward the extended position; and a valve assembly, comprising: a valve member operable between: an open position where the valve assembly provides open fluid communication between the gas chambers such that volumes of the chambers are effectively combined during compression of the suspension unit, and a closed position where the valve assembly prevents gas flow from the second chamber to the first chamber; and a first externally accessible controller operably coupled to the valve member, wherein the valve member is operable from the closed position to the open position in response to operation of the controller; a compression chamber at least substantially filled with damping fluid; a rebound chamber at least substantially filled with the damping fluid; a damping piston operable to dampen flow of the damping fluid between the compression chamber and the rebound chamber in response to movement of the suspension unit between the positions; and an adjuster assembly, comprising: a second externally accessible and hand operable controller operably coupled to an adjuster member; and the adjuster member operable to vary a damping rate of the damping piston.