To what extent should a fork lockout....lock out?

Barnymeinhoff

Any thoughts/advice appreciated.

I have a lockout for my front forks and whilst they are stiffer when engaged ( ooh er )
there is still noticeable movement especially when standing forward to peddle.

B.

The Rookie

What forks?
A mechaincal lockout locks it solid, a damper lockout (any decent fork) will still have noticeable movement.

nicklouse

it depends on the fork

so do most don't.

but as we don't have ESP on this site who can tell you what yours should do.

The Rookie

Its a Manitou M30 Air at a guess (as he rides a Cube Acid 2015 - I can see why they called it Acid, it's what the guy who chose the colour scheme was on!).

You will get some movement.

Barnymeinhoff

Rookie bang on ( sorry for the lack of info. )

I would be lying if I said the colours had nothing to do with the choice, fallout from spending the early 90's dancing in fields to electronic music.

Thanks for the advice, they do need a bit more air in them and the rebound could do with adjusting but finding them great for my needs otherwise.

poah

The Rookie wrote:

Its a Manitou M30 Air at a guess (as he rides a Cube Acid 2015 - I can see why they called it Acid, it's what the guy who chose the colour scheme was on!).

You will get some movement.

in 26/27.5 its a cheap ass variation of the R7 with 30mm stantions, plastic knobs, 6000 Series aluminum stanchions and the crown isn't bored out. in 29er is a cheap version of the marvel so should have ABS+ compression damping, TPC rebound.

ABS is a platform damper so depending on what the shims are then it will only move after a certain amount of force is applied to it.

Ulysses

Just as example.

My Fox forks have three settings - Climb (locked out), Trail and Descent.
My Rockshox have two, locked out or not locked out.

When the Fox forks are locked out there is hardly any movement, I can get out the saddle on climbs and they feel pretty much rigid, on the other hand the Rockshox when locked out still bob noticeably when getting out the saddle on climbs.

bennett_346

Ulysses wrote:

Just as example.

My Fox forks have three settings - Climb (locked out), Trail and Descent.
My Rockshox have two, locked out or not locked out.

When the Fox forks are locked out there is hardly any movement, I can get out the saddle on climbs and they feel pretty much rigid, on the other hand the Rockshox when locked out still bob noticeably when getting out the saddle on climbs.

Doesn't really mean much though since those aren't the forks he has.

Ulysses

And hence "Just an example."