With your air pressure set, it is time to move on to adjusting the rebound damping. Repeat the process until you get the sag where it should be.Ī few clicks on that little red rebound knob can make a huge difference in how your fork functions.
Then, gingerly get off the bike and measure the sag recorded by your o-ring or zip tie. Once you have the air pressure where you think it needs to be, get on your bike and put your body in an attack position you would assume when going downhill that will get the fork to sag to the normal ride height. If you don’t have an o-ring just use a zip tie fastened around your stanchion. This sag should be measured using the sag o-ring that came on your fork. For your 140mm travel 32 you will be looking for 35-42mm or 1 3/8″-1 5/8″. You want to shoot for 25-30% of the fork’s travel being used as sag. All you need to worry about at first is the fork sag, or ride height of the fork with you on the bike. What all this means is that there are no reliable air pressure charts or suggestions that I can give you based on weight alone.īut there is an easy way to find which air pressure is right for you. The condition of the fork and which end of the go/no-go tolerances it was made to will also affect what air pressure you will need because these variables affect fork friction as well. The more raked out a frame is the lower the pressure will need to be in the fork because there is less weight directly over the front wheel and more friction on the bushings that the stanchions ride on (which creates more drag). A closely related variable is the sag of the rear shock which affects head angle and the overall balance of the bike. The head angle of the bike will have a big influence on what pressure will be right for you. The place to start is with your air pressure. Tuning a fork like the Fox 32 Float RL is relatively easy because there are only two variables to adjust, these are: air pressure, and rebound. There is no reason to fork over your sanity getting your suspension adjusted. The fork is mounted to a Giant Trance if that helps.
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