Shock air pressure

[Hendrik 1]

Hi Guys

 

Plse give some advise on air pressure (psi) guidlines for front forks and back shocks?

[PaulTCR]

They should have a table on the rear of the LH leg which references to your weight. I put about half as much in again to get it to feel what I would consider normal.

[BMXER]

All dependent on your body weight, manufacturer of the shock and the frame design. Please post more info...

[Weight Weenie]

As bmxer said we need more info - you want about 20-30% sag so work around that, fork should only bottom occasionally for normal xc riding, but check the oil lines on the stanchions so you can see you are using full travel sometimes or soften the fork a bit. For a racier feel make it a bit harder.

 

WRT rock shox - the values they give on the fork tend to be too hard and you'll never get proper travel or sag from it, I'd say about 80% of those values for a soft setup and go from there

[HJV1999]

for Rockshox here is a guideline for their different models:

http://www.sram.com/_media/pdf/service/air_inflation.pdf

[Face Plant]

i think that its a personal thing! play around with different pressures till it feels right! but you have to be aware of bottoming out if you dont use enough pressure