Suspenssion

Luis-EL · June 2007

I have a question, I'm new in mountain biking and I jst bought a bike with not that much travel on the front suspenssion and neither on the back one, is just about 3 inches (100mm) I want to get more travel do be able to absorb bigger jumps and drops. My question is: if I get a bette front suspenssion (130mm) do I HAVE to change the back shocks too?
Please let me know.
Thank you.

joed05 · June 2007

you won't be able to get more travel out of the back suspension because its all to do with the geometry, you probably could put 130mm forks on there but it would upset the geometry. i would just tighten up your suspension and then do the drops, the drops you do now how big are they and does your suspension top out?

Luis-EL · June 2007

The drops are about a foot or a foot and a half high. It doesn't top it all the time, but sometimes it does.

JinjaNinja · June 2007

What bike might that be sir?

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Luis-EL · June 2007

Is a Schwinn Ditch 1.0 and the front fork ir a RTS Kapa

joed05 · June 2007

just tighten the suspension, no suspension should top out at a foot drop, if it is you need to work on your bike skills.

ride_whenever · June 2007

Yeah, 1' to 1.5' can be done no trouble at all on flats, why I do that on my ss bike with a xc front wheel and i weigh 95kg

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Flurry · June 2007

are the drops to a flat landing?

either way, a fork shouldn't bottom out after a foot drop, adjust the preload so they are harder and it should help.

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mmm_pie · June 2007

3 inches is about 75mm by the way not 100.

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fizik · June 2007

Believe me some rst forks can bottom off a kerb

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mmm_pie · June 2007

Actually most RST forks I know are completely rigid.

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Flurry · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by mmm_pie

Actually most RST forks I know are completely rigid.

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