Originally Posted by
maddog34
what you increase or decrease is the amount of damping imparted, and you're confusing yourself, no one else.
i have an extensive amount of M/C knowledge... I literally LIVED at the Washougal National MX Park for 4 years, and have worked at three major M/C shops in the Portland area.
Trail #38 in the Tillamook Burn ODF offroad area is named Maddog's Pumpkin Patch... etc.
whe you push down on the bike frame about 4 to 6 inches in front of the seat post, the bike should travel up/down evenly at the front and rear of a full susp. bike.
the fork should travel out at about the same speed it compressed at, if pushed in a normal medium-fast manner. the front tire should also never leave the ground on rebounding.
i see WAY too many bikes with the Fork rebound cranked up to where the fork is too slow to extend after compressing.
what "Looks Great and feels right!" to most people is often way too much.
the bike is 15% or more of total weight, so it makes the fork set a bit lower than fully extended... it's a spec. that should be mostly ignored with a bicycle. Some forks have an "anti-top out" chamber pressure to set, as do many rear shocks... that SR fork doesn't have that feature, IIRC.
a too-wide front tire, or tire air pressures outside a normal range can cause front washouts too... wrong tread or compound choices for the conditions can do the same.
"what you increase or decrease is the amount of damping imparted, and
you're confusing yourself, no one else."
Just gunna say thats unneeded... Kinda like how im about to say. no one cares about how good you claim to be or how you named a trail after yourself 👍🤏 good for you.
ANYWAY
I swear any chance to word vomit onto a keyboard.
its a hard tail. I get the concepts was just a general question I dont have a shock pump and seemed soft to me but like I said idk mtb suspension. If I came this close to bottoming my dirtbike from such simple things she'd be getting oil or a rebuild. I shoulda known better tho... and went to ******. The fact a website is starred out just shows my point 🤣😂🤣 starts with red and ends in dit
Now my observations why does everyone in bicycles have to try and make there own terms 🙄 just say you got too much rebound decrease that. Or damn its packing up you need to add rebound. See? No backwards wording or say it this way means more or say it that way means less. Like your adding damping to reduce rebound. literally everything else with rebound adjustment talks that way. Cyclists just gotta sound... idk. Better. But then CONES oh man that one kills me. Literally EVERYSINGLE other indusrty calls them races. Bearings, inner and outter races. Bikes? Nahh bearings, cones and cups... never said i was confused just pointing out silly bike stuff. Sad the culture sucks you know? too many nose ups. like that guy who is 100% sure its not an air fork... without seeing a damn thing other then the o ring and stanchion that cap is just there for show 🙄. Perfect example.