Suspension setup Q
The Northern Monkey
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So my Canyon survived an uplift at Antur at the weekend, but I had to really alter my susp settings in order to get down at a reasonable pace without shattering myself to pieces!
In terms of rebound and compression damping, how would I make my rear shock as soft as possible without it running out of travel over repetitive hits or rebounding so it buckaroo's me over jumps?
I have a DHX RC2 with coil preload, rebound, low speed compression and bottom out control which can be adjusted with air via a schrader valve.
I normally run the shock quite firm for trails around here, but felt like I needed the extra bounce/softness at Antur.
I ended up running a faster rebound, had the LSC near midway and as little air as I could in the bottom out.
It seemed to work, but I really don't know what I'm doing when it comes to rear shocks!
In terms of rebound and compression damping, how would I make my rear shock as soft as possible without it running out of travel over repetitive hits or rebounding so it buckaroo's me over jumps?
I have a DHX RC2 with coil preload, rebound, low speed compression and bottom out control which can be adjusted with air via a schrader valve.
I normally run the shock quite firm for trails around here, but felt like I needed the extra bounce/softness at Antur.
I ended up running a faster rebound, had the LSC near midway and as little air as I could in the bottom out.
It seemed to work, but I really don't know what I'm doing when it comes to rear shocks!
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Try 35%-40% sag, quite a bit of bottom out control and lots of LSC. But it is a thing to experiment with!0
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Lots of lsc?
I've always thought having as little compresssion damping as possible will give a more supple/active fork?!
So youre saying run it softer, but to stop it bottoming out put a bit more pressure in the bottom out control?0 -
Yep, and lsc to add mid stroke support to combat the extra sag that will give more compliance over ripples.0
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Hmm.. think i'm going to have to put everything mid way and start again from scratch!
Literally couldn't hold on on the 1st few runs lol!0
