Newbie With New Giant

gb155

Hey everyone.

Its been a while since I have cycled, Just got myself a Giant Yukon, Brand New and was wondering should the front suspension be ROCK SOLID ? I havnt been out on it yet as you can see (Pics Below) Im only going to be using it to go to work for now and in the most part it will be all roads, However there will are a couple of short cuts I may take and they are off road (hence why I didnt pick myself a hybrid or road bike)

The Giant manual says to adjust them I need to seek out instructions but all I got from the shop was the giant manual, So any help or advise is appreciated.

Thanks in advance





Computer showing its still unused, not sure why I took this lol, ahh well

BlackSpur

By rock solid, I presume you mean that they don't move at all? Sounds as if the lockout function may be engaged. There will be a lever on one or other side of the crown (the part where the two legs become one) with may be labelled lockout.There will probably be an arrow indicating which way to turn to lock or unlock the fork.

MattW87

the adjuster should be on the top of the left hand fork leg (as if you are stood in front of the bike) and you will either see a green 'light' or a red 'light'...just turn the adjuster whichever way untill you can see the green bit, if its red it means its 'locked out'

Matt

abbots_mike

the fork looks similar to the one on my bike, in which case the lockout leve is on the top of the right leg. it needs to be swivelled so that the lever points forward. pics of the adjusters on top of the legs would help.

gb155

That did the trick, Thanks guys

One more question the one of the right does as you say (pic 1) but what does the one of the left do ? (pic 2)

abbots_mike

will adjust spring preload. wind it to the plus (clockwise) the suspension gets harder, wind it to the minus (anti-clock) it gets softer. doesn't tend to make a massive difference on budget forks, but i tend to run mine somewhere in the middle

gb155

Ok Thanks, So the other side will just be lock on and lock off then ?

Also whats best when im on the tarmac, Lock out ? or not?

Thanks

punkypossum

Lock it out on the road, keep it unlocked on the rough stuff...

ratty2k

The preload one, set it to suit your weight. If you wind it +'ve it makes the spring harder and -'ve softer. You want to set it so that when you sit on the bike the fork "sags" by around 25mm- ie if its a 100mm fork, the suspension will settle by 25 mm.