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It's NOT preload!
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<blockquote data-quote="RaYzerman19" data-source="post: 1265422" data-attributes="member: 18388"><p>Ashe, too much hot sauce? The bottom part of the cartridge is a fixed length tube (spacer if you will) attached to the bottom of the fork. The bottom end of the spring rests on it, can't move. The top cap has the 17 adjuster to press the top end of the spacer/spring down, and since the bottom end of the spring can't move, you are adding preload, sorry to say.</p><p></p><p>Ride height is the height of the forks in the triple tree. When you add preload, you just are adding resistance to the fork compressing, which is your sag. Your sag is a ride height of sorts, but not really, it is the end result of compressed fork length for your weight. To adjust ride height, you would have to raise or lower the forks in the triple tree.</p><p></p><p>Same goes for rear, except some shocks have an actual ride height adjustment, normally part of the lower mount that is an adjustable length.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RaYzerman19, post: 1265422, member: 18388"] Ashe, too much hot sauce? The bottom part of the cartridge is a fixed length tube (spacer if you will) attached to the bottom of the fork. The bottom end of the spring rests on it, can't move. The top cap has the 17 adjuster to press the top end of the spacer/spring down, and since the bottom end of the spring can't move, you are adding preload, sorry to say. Ride height is the height of the forks in the triple tree. When you add preload, you just are adding resistance to the fork compressing, which is your sag. Your sag is a ride height of sorts, but not really, it is the end result of compressed fork length for your weight. To adjust ride height, you would have to raise or lower the forks in the triple tree. Same goes for rear, except some shocks have an actual ride height adjustment, normally part of the lower mount that is an adjustable length. [/QUOTE]
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