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Old 10-21-05 | 11:49 PM
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Thanks guys for the confusion.....kidding. My Marin came with the clicking Comps and it bothers me..click..click..I weigh 220, so adjust lower? I tried that and still get the click and quite a bit of travel. Where's my booklet??
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Old 10-22-05 | 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Feltup
Here is the page.
I like how you conveniently cut off the very last line of the right-hand page that shows:

"Preload: 0 - 15 PSI".

Please tell me what you think that last line means, considering there is only ONE air adjustment on the MX Comp fork. (Hint - it can't be both 50 PSI and 0 - 15 PSI at the same time).

You don't understand (and Marzocchi admittedly doesn't make it easy) how it works.

You add preload (sag) up to 15 PSI, and that will give you the figure shown in the last line that you do show.

The bottom line is - you add as much preload or positive air to allow for 20 - 25% fork sag - whether that amount turns out to be 5 PSI or 50 PSI is irregardless.

I'm done. I hope all you guys who ride with 50 PSI in your Comps enjoy the 1" of travel you are probably limiting yourself to.

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Old 10-22-05 | 05:45 AM
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I have already said the MX Comp only has preload adjustment and it should be 0-15psi. But there are some forks that take POSITIVE pressure and that is anywhere between 25-65psi. I didn't cut it off on purpose I will include that section again.

I just think it is funny how you thought psi and pounds where two different ways to measure air pressure And the chart has nothing to do with the amount of pounds pushing on the handlebar. POSITIVE and PRELOAD are to different air adjustments. They are COMPLETELY different if the fork has PRELOAD it doesn't have POSITIVE air too.

I am amazed how hard it is for some people to say they were wrong.

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Old 10-22-05 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by shane45
add as much preload or positive air to allow for 20 - 25% fork sag - whether that amount turns out to be 5 PSI or 50 PSI is irregardless.

I'm done.

That last line you wrote actually sums it up quite nicely -- put as much air in your fork as necessary to achieve the proper amount of static sag (gee, who just said that?).

Oh, and "irregardless" isn't a word.

I'm done.
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