Shock Mounting

Gazlar

Well, here goes, my first full build and already a question

Just bought a new GT force carbon which has come in a million pices, well 3 but might as well be a million. Been looking at pics of them and i've noticed that some have the shock mounted one way, some the other like so





Any reason for this othe than lever position preference?

Ta muchly

386ka

Nope. It will be more protected from rear wheel spray if mounted like the first picture.

Gazlar

thats answered that then, ta

bennett_346

looks better in the second picture, and that's all that matters.

YeehaaMcgee

ARGH, shocks can only work if the main chunky part of the body stays totally still, and the thinner wee tube moves around.
Which is why full suss bikes are slower than rigids, because you can't actually move them anywhere.

steelie600

Gotta say I like them wheels in the second pic!! Wonder if theyll take my immense bulk??

YeehaaMcgee

I wouldn't bother. They're Crank Brothers - and Crank brothers stuff has a reputation for being very unreliable and arsebleedingly expensive.

Gazlar

Job done, the shock bushings were already mounted so the shock body was facing forward, so I just mounted it like that,