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Always had coil uturn forks, had little adjustment with regards to sag.....I am soon to be the proud owner of a set of shiny new Fox 36 Floats 😀
I have a Charge Blender as an all rounder rated for forks with 100-120mm travel however in the past I've also run Pikes with 140mm. I ride trails, xc, 4x, and mini DH and it really is a mix there is no dominant type of ridding, trying to decide what travel to set the floats at and how much sag to run!?
140 with 25% sag is effectively 105mm 120 with 15% is 102mm (15%-25% is apparently the recommendation) so seems a bit of a mind field.
My questions are:
How much travel do you run?
For what type(s) of riding?
And how much sag % wise (roughly)?
Also any suggestions?
Cheers
How much travel do you run? 100mm
For what type(s) of riding? XC and longer distance
And how much sag % wise (roughly)? 25%
Also any suggestions?
Cheers
A lot more after 2 kids
Ran about 30% on my dual air pikes, coil lyrik now and the coil is giving me 28%, but I feel its over-sprung, so i'm probably going to drop down a coil strength.
i run 30% on the front(bos devilles) and rear i run 40%(CCDB)
i only have 1 bike and it does everything.Mainly xc/trail
I'm trying to.figure is it best to have more travel....more sag or less travel less sag?
XC riding (with a lot of steep stuff)
Giant Anthem, 100mm travel, 25% sag
100-130 u-turn fronts, 25% sag. More pressure in neg chamber to give nice suppleness
If you're doing the blender justice go less travel and less sag.
A shorter stiffer fork will pump, jump and turn better with a firm set-up
I ride trails, xc, 4x, and mini DH
So where do you find that much time?
140mm HT. Trails, XC, Gravity Enduro, just getting into mini DH. 15-20% sag - firmer when it's drier, softer when it's wetter, though it's not something I change frequently. I think hardtails feel weird when the front is too squishy as there's only a couple of inches of steeply ramped up tyre, wheel and frame give at the back.
I use a quarter whether i'm riding locally or black/red graded trails.
I suggest you do the same and add or decrease depending whether you're bottoming out too often or not at all...
When you reach 50, most things start to sag
Have Fox RL 32 Float.100mm. Initially had them set at 30% but after a ride out found them to be far too soft. Reduced the sag to 20%, much better.