Suspension working @ Fort William
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http://freecaster.tv/uci-mtb-world-cup- ... rt-william
Thought it was a good watch. no bottoming out was there? Bit too quick to tell 100%?
Thought it was a good watch. no bottoming out was there? Bit too quick to tell 100%?
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Set up well then.0
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Looked like it. Looked like it was absolutely bang on the money. Was just wondering as some say it should bottom out once or something each time your out. I can't see that myself. If these guys bottomed it out once even that may be the difference between getting it spot on and coming off. I know we're not these guys but still.0
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Maybe it has a very progressive bottom out bumper or end stroke damping so it never really technically bottoms.0
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Maybe when I google that I will know what it means :?0
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Yeah I think you could be right SS... AGAIN!
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Hard to tell on dual crown forks when it bottoms out too, remember. The sliders won't necessarily come right up to the lower crown.
But yeah, that does look fantastically well set up. Very fast suspension action.0 -
It made me slightly moist if I'm honest. It looks like it's doing buckets load of work. You'd expect it to when it costs a grand like
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Have you ever watched someone else ride your own bike down a rocky trail? It's quite an eye opener. It's amazing how much the suspension copes with!0
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No never. But I doubt mine does much to be fair. I ride a shitty Carrera Vulcan, with Suntour XCT V2 forks. :oops:
Soon be upgarding don't you worry!0 -
They probably move more than the Fox do.0
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Do they?
Another mint vid. Makes you think how easy would riding with a full sus be! lol0 -
You fork has no damping.0
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Oh yeah, that makes sense! Can you tell I'm a noob?! :oops:0
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Cool video, but is it just me, or do those look too lightly sprung? They seem to be nearly bottoming out constantlymackie1 wrote:0 -
Wouldn't know how to tell. Does sprung mean the springs have had it? So would air coils never have that issue?0
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erm what? Air coils? what the hell are you on about?
I mean, the spring setting looks too soft, which means if they're air sprung, there's too little air pressure, or if they're coil sprung the spring needs more preload applied or even changed for a stiffer spring.
I might be wrong though, but they definitely seem to be using almost their entire travel, almost the entire time.0 -
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The fork in the vid I posted does appear to be using a lot of its travel a lot of the time but IMO it should be. An ideal setup would very nearly but not quite bottom out quite a lot of the time, otherwise what's the point in having the travel? Fancy compression damping makes this easier to achieve though, not sure what spec those forks are.0
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Nice vid.
Nick Beer has the same wheels as me.
My logic says that must mean I'm as good a rider as he is. Best go get my WC entry in 0 -
A lot of these big forks are softly sprung with a lot of sag - 200mm of travel with 40% sag leaves 120mm. So a 140mm fork running 20mm sag will be much harder to bottom.0
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You might be right, but I'd assume that you'd use "most" of the travel for the really big hits.0
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I think the way they are damped is probably the key - sophisticated high speed cicuits that you simply don't see on cheaper or shorter forks.0
