That is a bottom out bumper and should not be removed. It sounds like you need to get a heavier (stiffer) spring. The PSI in the shock is for bottom out resistance or to give the shock more of a progressive feel, it does not control how soft or firm it is.
Please don't remove the bumper from your shock. It's there to prevent damage to your shock when you bottom out. If you are constantly bottoming out your shock on each ride your spring rate is too soft. You need a heavier spring.
Please don't remove the bumper from your shock. It's there to prevent damage to your shock when you bottom out. If you are constantly bottoming out your shock on each ride your spring rate is too soft. You need a heavier spring.
DO NOT REMOVE THE "CORK" THING....you will end up destroying shock
every ride you want to use all your travel. You should bottom out once or twice....that being said I would up the compression in your shock and keep same spring...compression is the knob by the resevoir. turn it a few clicks ride then adjust from there....but your compression and spring sound close unless the hits are more severe then go up 50 pounds
Hmm, are some of these 5 foot drops to flat, with slow run ins?, if so then its right that you pretty much bottom out at that point, you wont prevent that sort of impact bottoming out and still have a plush, downhill setup on a 170mm travel bike
If however you dont want downhill plushness and are mostly hucking and doing lots of drops to flat, the just go up a spring
You already got an answer - don't remove or modify the bumper. It is there for a reason...to give your shock something to bottom out against. It actually compresses under load, so don't worry about loosing travel...you are getting what you are supposed to be getting.
Depending on the trail, it is normal to use all the travel of your suspension during a ride. If you bottom out 3-4 times on the biggest features each ride it probably means you have it set up right. However, if you feel that it is bottoming out violently (i.e. it really hits the bottom out bumper hard), then yes, you need a heavier spring. You can use (hi-speed) compression damping to increase the shock's resistance to compression slightly, and you also have adjustable bottom out resistance on your shock - but these 2 will only make smaller adjustments - if there is a big bottom-out problem you need to fix it with the spring rate, then use the adjustments to fine-tune the action of the shock.
you may have blown your rear shock already. im NOT saying it is blown, im just suggesting there is a possibility and or your not getting 7" of true travel. what shock and frame, im sure there is a bunch of guys that could help a bit better if you could just tell us that. no one is judging, it can be a kmart huffy frame and no one would care. well maybe but just let us know anyhow so maybe we could help. you sound to be doing some pretty nar stuff for a 13 year old so you got something to brag about.
you may have blown your rear shock already. im NOT saying it is blown, im just suggesting there is a possibility and or your not getting 7" of true travel. what shock and frame, im sure there is a bunch of guys that could help a bit better if you could just tell us that. no one is judging, it can be a kmart huffy frame and no one would care. well maybe but just let us know anyhow so maybe we could help. you sound to be doing some pretty nar stuff for a 13 year old so you got something to brag about.
dont know what your weight is but a 450 to 300 lbs spring drop is huge. i assume its correct as you are getting the sag correct, unless you have your coil preloaded heavy to get your sag to 28-30%. hope my kid rips like you at 13.
on what type of jumps/ sections of the track is it bottoming out?
is it bottom out harshly?
if i was you i would just turn up the compression a lil bit
dont know what your weight is but a 450 to 300 lbs spring drop is huge. i assume its correct as you are getting the sag correct, unless you have your coil preloaded heavy to get your sag to 28-30%. hope my kid rips like you at 13.
and well its because here on mexico its not like on canada or U.S ive been on northstar and there are green blue black and double diamond trails but here on mexico there are only 4 trails and they are all equal to black-double diamond on U.S and there is no way to learn, just entering to one and well falling
i got a phew friends that want to start doing downhill but they fall riding in my garden so i cant just take them to a trail because they are all to steep or rocky and they would have to walk all the trail.
that's what i dont like about dh on mexico.
oh and there are no lifts, for me its my mom and her car she takes me to the top and she waits me on the bottom
on what type of jumps/ sections of the track is it bottoming out?
is it bottom out harshly?
if i was you i would just turn up the compression a lil bit
on umm i dont know how its said on inglish but they are like alot of 2 feet steps made of dirt but they are like 30 of them in a row and its when im going fast on them and on the big jumps that are like this:
and its not bottoming out very hard
i found that on google and is like that but its a little bit bigger
and its because its almoust impossible to make it from the lift ramp to the other side so i always land on the middle thing
and its not just me ive never seen someone clear that thing because its very big
sounds like on the many 2 ft bumps, you need faster rebound.- your shock is "packing up" because it is not returning fast enough
on the big hits, you need more compression.
BUT normally a shock is set up right if you bottom out lightly 2-4 times on a run.
at this stage with the info given, i would say adjust your rebound to be faster, start by taking off 3 clicks at a time, then ride the section you bottom out on, repeat till it feels right
sounds like on the many 2 ft bumps, you need faster rebound.- your shock is "packing up" because it is not returning fast enough
on the big hits, you need more compression.
BUT normally a shock is set up right if you bottom out lightly 2-4 times on a run.
at this stage with the info given, i would say adjust your rebound to be faster, start by taking off 3 clicks at a time, then ride the section you bottom out on, repeat till it feels right
dont know what your weight is but a 450 to 300 lbs spring drop is huge. i assume its correct as you are getting the sag correct, unless you have your coil preloaded heavy to get your sag to 28-30%. hope my kid rips like you at 13.
as long as you arent harshly bottoming you are ok.
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