Fox RL32 sag, setting or problem?

HixX

When standing on the pedals for uphill climbing I have noticed that my forks are bottoming out, normal riding is fine. The top of the fork legs are really close to hitting the fork tops (if that makes any sense). I have the option to lock them out, but I thought that would be to stop fork travel sapping your pedalling efforts, not to stop the forks bottoming out.
This is a new bike and I havent messed around with the pressure or even the rebound, do you think they need more air, I need to set up the sag (though this seems OK when just sat on the bike), do I have faulty forks, or is this how they are/should be?
The forks on my old bike dont do this so I'm guessing something is amiss?
There is little documentation with the forks to suggest what pressures to use for a given riders weight, so is there a handy guide or rule-of-thumb I can use?

nicklouse

sag should be set in the normal riding position. Is that sitting? normally it is set in the attack position ie out of the saddle and pedaling.

HixX

I ride XC and try to stay seated as much as poss, though there are times when Im up off the seat for a big climb or for a change of leg position

omegas

As Nicklouse says you have to set the sag from peddling the bike not by just sitting on it.

You need to put a gauge on and find what pressure you have them set at, a small amount of pressure (10 psi) makes a big difference to how the folks and shock react . They should not bottom out when you are climbing just move up and down.

The pressures in the documents are only a guide and even setting the sag is only a guide, you have to play around with the pressures until it fits your riding style.

HixX

Thanks for the help guys. I will have a go a setting the sag and pressures up this weekend and see how it is

CupraR

You could always have a read on the Fox site, if you haven't already that is!!!

http://www.foxracingshox.com/fox_tech_c ... om_eng.htm

jon prothero

It does sound like your fox rl have not got enough air in them. You are going to need a special shock pump.