Yep, that's my thinking and pretty much as JHS described it to me, they said if your damping etc is perfectly set up to control the speed of the stroke and preload set correctly then a linear works
Yes, quite right. It's obviously the full combination of spring rate, preload, compression and rebound settings. Get all those right and it's happy days :tearsofjoy:
Hydraulic forks are by their very nature progressive in their action so a progressive spring tends to confuse the issue.
I've just been out and changed my bike to reflect these settings. I'll need to wait for a half-decent day now to be able to test them out though. One thing I thought is that your forks have been setup with maximum rebound damping, so they're at their slowest? When you bounce your forks, how do they feel on the return stroke? Mine, unsurprisingly, now feel very slow! I'm sure this chap knows what he'd doing, and you've said the bike feels good, but that seems quite odd. I guess a test ride would reveal how it all feels! Thanks again though for sharing.
So I tweaked my suspension as per the settings kindly provided by @frazzle I also set my linkage from P to F. First thing to note is that my sag is actually fine. I'm being a tool and not measuring it correctly. I have bang on 30mm of sag with 5.5 turns of preload, which makes me happy. I went for a ride this lunch time and the bike felt great in that the rear felt a whole lot more compliant. I can't believe people switch from F to P and prefer it for the road, the flat setting is so much more plush and feels really planted. The front felt ok, not great. But I wasn't expecting anything else really. I've spoken to MCT this morning who are keen to get hold of them to see what they can do for a better price than a cartridge kit, so I now have a choice to make between springs from JHS, a half cartridge kit from Maxton, or let MCT play with them and see what they can do. They're not actually sure what can be done as they've not worked on these forks before! Maxton say they can't be re-built because of the way they're put together, so at worst, if I send them to MCT they'll come back with new springs, a service and potentially a different oil which they referred to as the 'poor mans re-valve' :tearsofjoy: But if they can do something with the valving then obviously that's great and will be cheaper than a cartridge. MCT were the only ones who were willing to actually see what could be done, they seem like top guys.
Glad it semi worked for you, to be honest the rear compliance was what I was really after, the front is fine for me, I took it around silverstone when I had it done and had no problems at all with feel.. mind you it's quite a confidence inspiring bike anyway... keep us posted on what you get doen to the front :thumbsup:
I'm sure the bike would come alive on track, that being its natural playground. I think the suspension is definitely more biased toward track use. I'll get the forks off to MCT as soon as I can and let everyone know how they get on!
@MattM How did you get on at MCT? Were they able to get the cartridges working or was the prognosis a lost cause?
