FORK SET-UP

This insight into the black art of tuning long-travel suspension will help you squeeze every last ounce of performance from your fork

60 mins £15-35 for fork springs £20-50 for a shock spring 1 CHECKING FORK SAG Move the O-ring around your stanchion down so it’s sitting on the dust seal. If you have no O-ring, loosely fit a zip-tie to the fork. Mount your bike fully kitted up and get into an aggressive riding position. You should be using around 25-30% of your fork’s total travel as sag. If you’re using too much or too little of your fork’s travel, a change of coil spring is needed. 2 ADJUSTING PRELOAD The preload adjuster on the top of the left leg compresses the spring and changes the fork’s feel. Wind it clockwise to make the spring feel harder or anti-clockwise to soften it up. If you can’t sort out your sag issues…

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