231mm travel and you might lose your seat if you put it all the way back lol. 9.5x3 shock

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flag JokerMachine (Aug 29, 2009 at 4:34)
So how much chain stretch are we looking at?
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flag yo13bo (Aug 29, 2009 at 4:36)
no idea lol. dont know how to figure it out
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flag Jwmbike14 (Aug 30, 2009 at 17:12)
it won't have much at all. its similar to FSR with an extremely low pivot very close to the BB. i'd guess somewhere between 12-20mm of stretch, which isn't bad at all.
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flag yo13bo (Aug 31, 2009 at 3:44)
thanks! how did you figure that out btw?
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flag Jwmbike14 (Aug 31, 2009 at 19:56)
its just an educated guess. chain stretch has everything to do with main pivot and/or axle path. first off main pivot is very low. second its an FSR design. FSR as a design has very little chain stretch. basically what you have created here is a big hit. or very similar to a Norco, or Devinci wilson.
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flag Jwmbike14 (Aug 31, 2009 at 20:03)
and looking at your graph you only sit in 2mm of sag?? whats up with that dude?! thats hardly anything. the bike won't track very well.... for a fully you'd want about 25% to start, however if you are talking about a DH bike its usually well over 25%. most DH rigs prefer to be sagged into about 30-35% sag and 25% sag in the fork.

sooo somewhere around 75mm of sag. my designs sit at 30-36% depending on which design and which shock position you have it set. (all of my 3 designs have 220mm) the single pivot design which i am beginning the building process on is designed to sit in 33% sag (72mm)
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flag yo13bo (Aug 31, 2009 at 22:48)
yeah this would be no rider just the bike without the rider on it, its how i do all my designs. got bored and made a 10 inch travel version as well might put that up tomorrow the pivot is right next to the bb practically on it so i might put some sag on that
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Date: 2009-08-29
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