Easy to test it. Let all the air out and push it down all the way
W4ltzz_ on
Yeah I’m pretty sure they do fully bottom out. I usually don’t bottom out very often at all, but that depends on the type of rider and how hard they send it
themontajew on
Yes they do. You shouldn’t be hard bottoming very often. You’ll feel that, and hear it. We’re talking flat landing a jump or slamming a rock in a bad way.
You should be using all your travel. If you’re riding at the limit of what you usually ride, the occasional bottom out that you don’t notice is what you want.
Me and my friends have all found that fork to be a little tricky to dial in, you have to choose mid stroke support or getting all your travel. A runt, or a voresprung or one of those things seems to do the trick if you’re finding that to be the case.
GroundbreakingCow110 on
Sometimes, the o ring just slides back with the seal some or bounces off the top due to the speed of the impact. When it is really dusty and you feel the suspension bottom but the ring isn’t at the top, you can still see the line in the dust at the top if you happen to stop the bike/fall off. O rings are not really a substitute for electronic suspension sensors.
Sure Do… Like at the end of a race stage and theres a ditch and you’re 6 stages deep and you stuff the entry and all 225lbs of you dumps into the front wheel. Bless Dem Butter Cups.
However as a dude who not only beats down the suspension riding and racing, but services the squishy bits in a shop, Id suggest trying to set up your fork so you keep 10% of the total travel in the tank for them “it was at this moment he knew…” situations.
You’ll be glad its there when you need it. 😉
ZookeepergameDeep601 on
The contact when bottoming out is not where the stanchion and crown meet.
singelingtracks on
each brand and fork and mm of travel bottoms out at a different spot, the top of the fork doesnt hit the bottom when it bottoms out,
take all the air out of your shock and press it all the way in, where the o ring stays is where the bottom out level is.
some may have an inch of stanchion left.
southstarangel on
There is a bumper inside the forks that keep the fork from bottoming out further than you already have. Enough bottom outs and that bumper wears out and you get full bottom out with that sweet metallic sound.
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Easy to test it. Let all the air out and push it down all the way
Yeah I’m pretty sure they do fully bottom out. I usually don’t bottom out very often at all, but that depends on the type of rider and how hard they send it
Yes they do. You shouldn’t be hard bottoming very often. You’ll feel that, and hear it. We’re talking flat landing a jump or slamming a rock in a bad way.
You should be using all your travel. If you’re riding at the limit of what you usually ride, the occasional bottom out that you don’t notice is what you want.
Me and my friends have all found that fork to be a little tricky to dial in, you have to choose mid stroke support or getting all your travel. A runt, or a voresprung or one of those things seems to do the trick if you’re finding that to be the case.
Sometimes, the o ring just slides back with the seal some or bounces off the top due to the speed of the impact. When it is really dusty and you feel the suspension bottom but the ring isn’t at the top, you can still see the line in the dust at the top if you happen to stop the bike/fall off. O rings are not really a substitute for electronic suspension sensors.
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Sure Do… Like at the end of a race stage and theres a ditch and you’re 6 stages deep and you stuff the entry and all 225lbs of you dumps into the front wheel. Bless Dem Butter Cups.
However as a dude who not only beats down the suspension riding and racing, but services the squishy bits in a shop, Id suggest trying to set up your fork so you keep 10% of the total travel in the tank for them “it was at this moment he knew…” situations.
You’ll be glad its there when you need it. 😉
The contact when bottoming out is not where the stanchion and crown meet.
each brand and fork and mm of travel bottoms out at a different spot, the top of the fork doesnt hit the bottom when it bottoms out,
take all the air out of your shock and press it all the way in, where the o ring stays is where the bottom out level is.
some may have an inch of stanchion left.
There is a bumper inside the forks that keep the fork from bottoming out further than you already have. Enough bottom outs and that bumper wears out and you get full bottom out with that sweet metallic sound.