Canyon arrived...
Coxy_UK
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My Nerve XC 9.0 arrived today and I've built it but...
I'm about 16.5 stone, so Fox say that I should use about 110psi. With that pressure, when I sit on the bike I get maybe 8mm of sag, when I'm looking for more like 25mm or so.
I lowered the pressure until I achieved this, but then the pressure is so low they forks are useless. What am I doing wrong here?
The other think is the brakes, I don't like how close they pull to the handlebar and the contact adjust really doesn't make much difference.
I'm about 16.5 stone, so Fox say that I should use about 110psi. With that pressure, when I sit on the bike I get maybe 8mm of sag, when I'm looking for more like 25mm or so.
I lowered the pressure until I achieved this, but then the pressure is so low they forks are useless. What am I doing wrong here?
The other think is the brakes, I don't like how close they pull to the handlebar and the contact adjust really doesn't make much difference.
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about 25% sag to start with and adjust to suit. dont forget the attack position.
watch the vids on foxes webby."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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Had a look and didn't see any videos in relation to this, any linkies please?_______________________________________________________________________________________
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The Fox forks on my Canyon bedded in on my first couple of rides had the sag set perfect in the shed after 2 rides about 30 miles in total the forks were sagging about 40%. Take your shock pump with you and play with the sag out on the trail.
There should be a small allen screw inside the lever pivot this is the adjuster for the lever position.Fig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap0 -
That will be the reach adjuster? The position they sit in is fine, I just mean the biting point seems fairly close to the bar. Is this what the contact adjust should do? Makes no odds really.
Good to know took a couple rides, I will take the pump with me and do that. Cheers._______________________________________________________________________________________
Tides of sin draw tighter and brighter, hours become heavier and weighted, and the shadows smile...dark and wild.
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stubs wrote:The Fox forks on my Canyon bedded in on my first couple of rides
Agree with 'stubs'. I have heard of people having problems with RockShox forks initially setting the sag, then after a couple of rides, its fine.Giant XTC SE 2006
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Coxy_UK wrote:That will be the reach adjuster? The position they sit in is fine, I just mean the biting point seems fairly close to the bar. Is this what the contact adjust should do? Makes no odds really.
Good to know took a couple rides, I will take the pump with me and do that. Cheers.
My brakes were like this and all my previous bikes with exilir's. Just drop the wheel/disc away from the caliper, press the lever once (and only once!) .. Job done, alot more bite and progressiveness.0 -
You should never pull the brake lever fully with the wheel out! You could force the pistons all the way out.0
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baz2963 wrote:Coxy_UK wrote:That will be the reach adjuster? The position they sit in is fine, I just mean the biting point seems fairly close to the bar. Is this what the contact adjust should do? Makes no odds really.
Good to know took a couple rides, I will take the pump with me and do that. Cheers.
My brakes were like this and all my previous bikes with exilir's. Just drop the wheel/disc away from the caliper, press the lever once (and only once!) .. Job done, alot more bite and progressiveness.
Thats how i do my XTR Race brakes. Feel is amazing now, had a little to much travel for me when i first got them. They are awesome now.0 -
Rick Draper wrote:baz2963 wrote:Coxy_UK wrote:That will be the reach adjuster? The position they sit in is fine, I just mean the biting point seems fairly close to the bar. Is this what the contact adjust should do? Makes no odds really.
Good to know took a couple rides, I will take the pump with me and do that. Cheers.
My brakes were like this and all my previous bikes with exilir's. Just drop the wheel/disc away from the caliper, press the lever once (and only once!) .. Job done, alot more bite and progressiveness.
Thats how i do my XTR Race brakes. Feel is amazing now, had a little to much travel for me when i first got them. They are awesome now.
Thanks Rick ! ... I've always done mine like this too, as MTB brakes don't seem to re-adjust well to pad wear or determining how thick new pads are. You have to be a total muppet to press it so much that your pistons fall out, it's certainly not as easy as supersonic makes out and there is no other way to take up that movement.0 -
There are other ways - have a look at Avid's method of advancing pistons. Hayes has something similar.
Seen a lot of outed pistons, and them too close together with just one press with the wheel out - different brakes in different states of repair act differently, some will auto adjust very quickly. Others don't.
Just be careful if you have never done it before.0
