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when do i really know what good susp is like
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[QUOTE="Jeff Gilbert, post: 655479, member: 20280"] I get to where I hate to come in here for fear of opening my mouth and removing all doubt that I"m a fool when it comes to suspension. The biggest problem I have is listening to friends I think. A few weeks ago I was doing MX and mentioned to one of the guys there that my bike was kicking up in the back a lot. He softened my compression and cranked the reb so much that the back of the bike when pushed down was so slow I could eat a donut waiting for it to rebound. At any rate I rode it like that and thought it helped. Yesterday I was back at the same track and realized I wasn't happy with the settings. Luckily for me (I think) a pro SX rider was there and I asked for some help. He out weighs me by about 30lbs so all he could do was guess. He ended up turning the rebound off on the shock and setting the comp about midway. To my surprise it was pretty good except the back was a little "springy". I added 3 clicks of reb, softened up the comp on the forks and it seems pretty good. Only thing is I seem to catch a lot more air now. It makes it easy to clear jumps because of the height I get but I'll need to see how it "hooks up" in the rough sections. It does feel like it's a little more "all over the place" on the track but in the same sense more controlable. He seemed to think I may need a shock rebuild??? The suspension was done for a 150lbs rider, my weight, by FC just before I got it. It seems to feel more like it did when I 1st got it and maybe I've just ridden it so long not being set up right that I'm just not used to how it really is supposed to feel. I guess that's the hardest part of being a spode. [/QUOTE]
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