Mads Posted July 15, 2013 Share This after l sat or stand. The bike mechanic def over estimated my weight l will go and sort him out. Thank you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted July 15, 2013 Share This after l sat or stand. The bike mechanic def over estimated my weight l will go and sort him out. Thank you all! Oh jeepers yes he did! BTW - Email inbound... Mads 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyTrailRider Posted July 15, 2013 Share Mads, I have an Evolution on my Scale and I reckon that too lightweight stock oil is likely the issue here. I noticed this when I got the bike and set everything up, the symptom rears its head in both the "lockout" only being about 70% (guesstimate) towards full lock, *and* in the fact that it's impossible to get the rebound damping slower than a still-pretty-quick level. I've been meaning to get the oil in mine replaced, but haven't gotten around to doing so. Edited July 15, 2013 by MH for short Mads 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mads Posted July 15, 2013 Share Mads, I have an Evolution on my Scale and I reckon that too lightweight stock oil is likely the issue here. I noticed this when I got the bike and set everything up, the symptom rears its head in both the "lockout" only being about 70% (guesstimate) towards full lock, *and* in the fact that it's impossible to get the rebound damping slower than a still-pretty-quick level. I've been meaning to get the oil in mine replaced, but haven't gotten around to doing so.He he MH yes you are describing my problem to the t. But you lost me just before rebound and the dampning. lf the bikeshop cant sort it out, l will ask them for an oilchange.Buynot before l asked you what kind of oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LazyTrailRider Posted July 15, 2013 Share He he MH yes you are describing my problem to the t. But you lost me just before rebound and the dampning.lf the bikeshop cant sort it out, l will ask them for an oilchange.Buynot before l asked you what kind of oil. In a nutshell, a fork is slowed down (otherwise it would be a pogo stick) both when you compress it down and when it rebounds back. This is called damping . This slowing down process is controlled by oil flowing through a couple of tiny holes inside a cartridge in the fork. When you lock it out or set the rebound to be slower, you do so by making the holes smaller, so the oil can't move through as quickly. When the oil is too thin/light (one gets different weights - thicknesses - of oil) it moves through the holes quicker than you may want it too, which can causes the problems we're seeing here. In an even smaller nutshell, you need to ask for slightly heavier weight oil. I'm pretty sure this will do the trick! Mads 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mads Posted July 15, 2013 Share In a nutshell, a fork is slowed down (otherwise it would be a pogo stick) both when you compress it down and when it rebounds back. This is called damping . >···············< In an even smaller nutshell, you need to ask for slightly heavier weight oil. I'm pretty sure this will do the trick! Thank you it makes sense to me now. l will do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BergForce Posted July 15, 2013 Share This after l sat or stand. The bike mechanic def over estimated my weight l will go and sort him out. Thank you all! FTW that is like x3 too much air in there. Mads 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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