UselessPickles
Making Grand Canyon replicas from air boxes...
I've recently gotten into mountain biking (well, in SE Michigan, more like slightly hilly dirt trail riding). I'm enjoying it enough that I'm actually farkling my bicycle! First was the hydraulic disc brakes, and now a suspension fork that's more high-tech than my motorcycle's suspension.
The fork has adjustable travel via internal spacers, and I wanted to remove the spacers for full travel, so I had to disassemble, clean and reassemble. I'm now up to 120mm of travel, which is almost as much as the FJR's fork (135mm). Only special tool necessary was a pair of snap ring (retaining clip) pliers. Probably much easier than FJR fork maintenance.
Got the suspension on ebay with only 50 miles of use, but about $200 cheaper than brand new. It has adjustable spring rate and preload via air pressure (it's an air spring system), adjustable rebound damping, adjustable low-speed compression damping, and an adjustable threshold for how much force is necessary during low-speed compression to bypass into the high-speed compression damping (high-speed damping not adjustable). The low-speed compression can be adjusted all the way to fully locked (for efficient pedaling). There's even remote dial+lever to adjust the low-speed compression from the handlebars, and to instantly switch between your preferred setting and complete lock-out.
Can't wait to get it installed and try it! It must be amazing compared to the "recreational" non-adjustable suspension that came with the bike. That thing has tons of stiction.
The fork has adjustable travel via internal spacers, and I wanted to remove the spacers for full travel, so I had to disassemble, clean and reassemble. I'm now up to 120mm of travel, which is almost as much as the FJR's fork (135mm). Only special tool necessary was a pair of snap ring (retaining clip) pliers. Probably much easier than FJR fork maintenance.
Got the suspension on ebay with only 50 miles of use, but about $200 cheaper than brand new. It has adjustable spring rate and preload via air pressure (it's an air spring system), adjustable rebound damping, adjustable low-speed compression damping, and an adjustable threshold for how much force is necessary during low-speed compression to bypass into the high-speed compression damping (high-speed damping not adjustable). The low-speed compression can be adjusted all the way to fully locked (for efficient pedaling). There's even remote dial+lever to adjust the low-speed compression from the handlebars, and to instantly switch between your preferred setting and complete lock-out.
Can't wait to get it installed and try it! It must be amazing compared to the "recreational" non-adjustable suspension that came with the bike. That thing has tons of stiction.