Beginner - How do i go about setting up my suspension?

Badas

Hi all, first of all sorry if this is the wrong section but its been a long time since ive been on here....

Got my first propper mountain / downhill bike the other day, a "GT DHI 2005" and its most definatly better than my old Halfords appollo downhill i got over 2 years ago

It is seccond hand and since recieving ive gone over everything with an allen key n such but i am finding the suspension a little too soft for my current riding which is mainly on road at the moment....


How do i go about making the following suspension harder?

Front forks are - not sure... says rockshox and has lots of fancy coloured graphics on them
Rear Suspension - fox van r setup

any help would be appreciated,

cheers

cooldad

You'd need to be a bit more specific. 2007 came with RockShox Boxxer World Cup forks and Fox DHX5 shock. No idea whether 2005 was the same
VanR
http://www.foxracingshox.com/fox_tech_c ... cks_en.pdf

Boxxer

http://www.sram.com/en/service/tuning_guides.php

Google is your friend

leaflite

This may not be the same as yours but a lot of the 2005 models ive seen have marzocchi 888 forks

Badas

Hi guys, the forks and suspensions have been fitted as aftermarket parts, the stock ones no longer exist with the bike, when i bought it it came with a few upgrades and changes done to it....

Iel get some pictures up over the weekend to make it a bit easier to name the things :P

thanks

cooldad

If they are air, just really a matter of setting sag and rebound. If they are springs you can adjust preload by adjusting the collar, and rebound if adjustable, but anything more means changing springs.

Locotuning

Have a look at this setup guide:

http://locotuning.co.uk/tech-info.html

darmamade

Locotuning wrote:

Have a look at this setup guide:

http://locotuning.co.uk/tech-info.html

This really helps. I'll try solving my rear shock issue with the problem solver mentioned in the link. Thanks..