Is it normal?

Tomzic

I bottom out my rear suspension quite a few times over cannock chase, I set my sag at 25% so i presume its normal.

Just thought id double check with you guys.

Tom.

hoochylala

What rear travel do you have?

Unless you have less than 120/100mm I'd double check your sag and pressure - there isn't much at Cannock that should bottom you out if forks set up correctly from what I remeber from last visit

njee20

Depends a lot on your riding style, some people will reckon on bottoming out once a ride, some will say they should never bottom out.

If you like how the bike rides then it's fine, if you feel you're blowing through the travel the whole time then put more air in it. For the 10 seconds it'll take I'd try a bit more and see how you like it.

richg1979

i can quite easyly use all my 160/170mm travel at 15% sag over cannock chase.

Ryan Jones

richg1979 wrote:

i can quite easyly use all my 160/170mm travel at 15% sag over cannock chase.

Holy cow, i knew there were some pretty deep bombholes last time i went has there been an air strike since?

xtreem

Tomzic wrote:

I set my sag at 25% so i presume its normal.

25% should be the max, it's not the recommended sag.
Try with between 15% and 20% of sag.

Ryan Jones

Generally 20% for fast cross country, 25% for general trail riding and 30%+ for freeride or downhill duties, and for cannock chase 25% would be what i'd run, or at least use as a base point.

Northwind

Depends on the bike too.