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flag nishnash
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Posted: Oct 19, 2008 at 17:48 Quote
I know what you are saying, and I think I was going fast, definitely much faster than on my hardtail due to geometry diffrences mostly though. I only cycled through about 1 inch of suspension, even on drops and stuff WITH correct sag.
flag metalforever
Posted: Oct 19, 2008 at 17:54 Quote
nishnash wrote:
I know what you are saying, and I think I was going fast, definitely much faster than on my hardtail due to geometry diffrences mostly though. I only cycled through about 1 inch of suspension, even on drops and stuff WITH correct sag.

Not trying to be rude, but, how do you know how much travel you used?
flag nishnash
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Posted: Oct 19, 2008 at 18:00 Quote
The dirt marks, and they set up an o-ring on the piston.
flag onterribleftw
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Posted: Oct 19, 2008 at 18:01 Quote
metalforever wrote:
nishnash wrote:
I know what you are saying, and I think I was going fast, definitely much faster than on my hardtail due to geometry diffrences mostly though. I only cycled through about 1 inch of suspension, even on drops and stuff WITH correct sag.

How do you know How much travel you used?

Metal's got a point, especially for the back end, which is the one Trek designed.

If you don't have any experience on long-travel in general, and DH rigs in particular, then you won't really be able to know what to look for, how the performance is actually doing, and be able compare it to anything else.

I'm looking for Hill to rip it up again this year, and although he won't win Worlds on the crappy Canberra track, I tip him for the Overall this year.
flag nishnash
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Posted: Oct 19, 2008 at 18:04 Quote
nishnash wrote:
The dirt marks, and they set up an o-ring on the piston.
flag metalforever
Posted: Oct 19, 2008 at 18:18 Quote
nishnash wrote:
nishnash wrote:
The dirt marks, and they set up an o-ring on the piston.

The shock compressed one inch, or are you talking about how far the rear wheel traveled?
flag nishnash
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Posted: Oct 19, 2008 at 18:26 Quote
Rear wheel travel, stroke of shock compressed (o-ring) x the average leverage ratio, we guessed it at a little less of .5 inches of shock stroke compressed, at about 2.8, which is less than 1.4inches
flag onterribleftw
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Posted: Oct 19, 2008 at 18:29 Quote
With a 88's leverage ratio, the first inch on the shock stroke would likely be around 3.5" of travel. And if it was set up with the right sag, then something else was very very wrong with it.

edit: then it WAS NOT set up with proper sag, or anything else close to it. On an 8" bike there should be at least 2 inches of say anyways.
flag nishnash
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Posted: Oct 19, 2008 at 18:30 Quote
Probs, note that I did this math with a tech straight from trek at a demo booth in whistler.
flag poozank
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 at 16:02 Quote
nishnash wrote:
Rear wheel travel, stroke of shock compressed (o-ring) x the average leverage ratio, we guessed it at a little less of .5 inches of shock stroke compressed, at about 2.8, which is less than 1.4inches
obvioulsy it was not set up right
flag nishnash
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Posted: Oct 21, 2008 at 16:03 Quote
That was on top of about 2 inches sag, so....
flag poozank
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 at 16:09 Quote
nishnash wrote:
That was on top of about 2 inches sag, so....
it is simply not possible sorry
flag DavidMakalaster
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 at 16:13 Quote
poozank wrote:
nishnash wrote:
That was on top of about 2 inches sag, so....
it is simply not possible sorry

+1
flag DavidMakalaster
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 at 16:14 Quote
2" of sag on that bike is only 20% anyway. Not enough.
flag poozank
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 at 16:16 Quote
DavidMakalaster wrote:
2" of sag on that bike is only 20% anyway. Not enough.
i have like 20 percent on my 7 it rides very well and always has tons of traction even if he only ran 20 it would still be fine

 


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