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Old 25-01-17, 16:54
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Originally Posted by Simon View Post
Cheers Pete,

That gives me a nice starting point.

I'll admit I was a surprised going from a stuffed factory shock to a nice new one.
If that's the case I'd do absolutely nothing untill you really understand what is going on.

When I've put a rear shock in we I say we because although my other half doesn't ride a bike she knows her compression from her rebound!!! In your case you'll just have to talk to yourself!!

So the way it works, go out ride 20 miles let the sus warm up and stop on the side of the road have a chat do an ajustment ride 10 miles assuming you have selected a decent road and do another.

As Petenz pointed out you can't have both but I assumed you had work that out already.

I've two bikes with Ohlins and another with Wilbers there's nothing between them but where Wilbers have cornered the market you order a shock from them thats Revs Racing in the UK it will come within a click it'll be good to go because they'll ask for your weight and riding style.

It's forced other sus suppliers to up their game,Ohlins for instance have completely changed their supply chain in recent years and Nitron have also come on in leaps and bounds as a supplier to be reckoned with.

To even understand the bare basics,stand at the back of the bike and grab the rear with both hands and press down,how does it feel?? Do an ajustment 5 clicks either way on the ajuster at the bottom of the shock and do the same again and see how that feels.