 You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
Hi all. I bought a secondhand kona stinky, and a previous owner either weighed 25 stone or used the bike for excursions into low earth orbit.
The rear shock is a Fox DHX 3.0, and the spring has 500 written on it. I'm pretty sure it has x2.80 written on it too. Online spring calculators suggest 500 is a lot for a 10.5-11 stone rider, but they do require me to guess (or even "know") the rear wheel travel.
What spring range would you suggest for the below bike?
TIA
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B66d2ki4TumRRFR0ZHcwR1FwTW8/view?usp=sharing
The stinky was 7" travel. Plug that into the calculators
http://www.klassickona.com/oldgold/2k7/STINKY/index.html
http://www.konabikeworld.com/09_stinky_u.cfm