Pedal bob
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When you say you don't need pro-pedal while in the seat, are you saying you leave the valve open all the time?0
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Hi John T, obviously you are going to be the best judge of what works for you, but based on your description, I don't think you are getting the best out of your RP23.
I would personally set it up so that I was getting the desired output for most of the trail riding with pro-pedal on, and then use the open valve setting for DH sections.0 -
diy wrote:Hi John T, obviously you are going to be the best judge of what works for you, but based on your description, I don't think you are getting the best out of your RP23.
I would personally set it up so that I was getting the desired output for most of the trail riding with pro-pedal on, and then use the open valve setting for DH sections.
I had a Marin East Peak before with a Fox Float Vanilla shock. The only way I could stop that bobbing was by reducing sag and carefull gear use. The Santa Cruz has been a revelation in spite of a similar swing arm set-up.
To the OP. The less adjustment you have on the shock the more compromises you will have to make between plush and bob. And as said before some bikes are better than others.0 -
Going back to the issue of pedalling technique I noticed something weird when riding my wife's hardtail bike the other day. It was the first time I'd riddent a hardtail for years after owning a full susser for around a decade. It felt like the bike was almost bobbing with each pedal stroke. I was looking down at the bike trying to work out what was going on. It was a really weird feeling. I guess this must be down to my pedalling technique being used to movement in the rear end? Obviously there was nothing wrong with the bike at least.
Also read something about chain torque effecting pedal where certain gears bring out the problem more than others. Might experiment with taking another link out of my chain to increase tension slightly. Not sure what difference this will make but would be interesting to see. I think I may not have taken out enough links when installing the chain for the first time. I was worried I'd take out to many & then have to faff around putting things right. Better to be safe than sorry0 -
Shortening the chain will make no difference as you are not chainging the tension in the top run of chain.0
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Not changing the tension, or the force vector in fact.0
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Right. So the chain idea is a non starter then
Sod it! I'll live with the bob until I can afford a Fox RP230 -
dogboy73 wrote:Right. So the chain idea is a non starter then
Sod it! I'll live with the bob until I can afford a Fox RP23
Not much help with the bob created by body movement and pedaling style. Three things will help here.
1/ Improve your style.
2/ Fit a good platform shock.
3/ Change the frame. Not really practical this one but some are much better than others as I found going from my Marin East Peak to a Santa Cruz Superlight. They look very similar but do not perform at all the same.0 -
John.T wrote:They look very similar but do not perform at all the same.
Different bikes, it should be noted, seem to be optimised for different gears as well. One bike might work great for big ring hammering, another for steady granny ring twiddling.0 -
It is all to do with the amount of anti squat generated.0