My fat ass drops the rear, the forks kick out, I have forward patch, correct?
I jack the back up, the front patch is closer to the frame.
First, I need a horizontal bike once I sit my fast ass down, as if there are 2> 130lb. people on the seat = Sag.
I'm alone with bike. Me and that zip-tie(s) are working the numbers out.
I'm going zip a tiny tie on the rear shock.
I'm going to have the side stand down, use my shoulder under the right winker or whatever leverage used to extend the rear shock> up slides the zip. I take my A to B measurements at that full rear extension. For full front fork lift, a side stand push as well, meaning, lift up on the right handlebar for the fork's full extension. I have the right side fork extended and up the zip goes for that number.
The get off goes something like this:
Fuck this fork seal dragshit. Why? Ever see a fork leg drop once the cap is off? You can't react fast enough. Well, that's out of the way.
Fuck this fork sleeve frictionshit. Why? There is an oil film in that and friction in my world speeds in mph like quick numbers she's there in the milliseconds, you can wait: but not turtle.
Fuck with the balance getting on and getting off is that numbershit instead.
My forks both have zips and are ready for one number. I should come up even as one fork. I sit on that bike with feet off the ground and then get off. So if you want to mess with numbers, being all alone in the garage meaning, I'll practice many get-off's so you find that average zip position = Sag #.
Front Springs:
What if I took all the spring load out of the winds, my setting is zero turns. I am going to ass-plop and that zip lands real high up on that tube this time. I better start a logbook no shit. I'll find out sag this way; write it down. I'll follow the owner's manual initial setting; write it down as per sag number. Here are my 2 numbers. Where am I in this dark hole of the art of 'suspension tuning?'
Do we see how we can find some static and then find some stattttttic? My numbers should be in the same ballpark vs. my fat-ass-plop on the seat and get off. This is in a standing still motion as if the bike is rolling on a treadmill and you are sitting there in one spot. That has the bike sitting straight up horizontal. That's how I see it before we hit the first bump.
"I want a sag number first," said the shock specialist. Another shock expert says, 'Fuck sag, crank it up.' Who do you listen to? I was shocked to hear both black arts going at it and no pun intended. Static. It's back to seat plop first if I were to choose.
Rear Shock:
What if I leave the spring as is, make my ziplop, read my number and sag that out from there. No matter how I look at it, I need that squat balance in the static at both ends so horizontal is the final endgame. In theory, my springs should be my baseline so I can move harder or softer in settings from there. See how that logbook grows between front and rear movements?
Compression:
All that means is how hard did you hit that bump? How much pogo sticking do you want to take out until that for every action, that spring is still settling out in the pogo of it. I want my ass to fell nothing up my spin so I am setting things in the plush. I hit a bump, compression is wound up, I bounce off the seat, the compression needle hardly moved the rod. So if you plop your head on a pillow, that's what compression feels like, either pillow soft, or a brick is that setting.
Rebound:
You want a fast rebound so the wheel is back on the ground faster, we start to ride faster. That's it for that puppy. Too far out of click range and there is your half a pogo untamed. Make sense? Static is a piece of cake is how much you ate vs. static. Comp and rebound become the black art of fine tuning to your liking.
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