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Corporatemonkey
Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 03:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So yesterday I decided it was time to readjust my suspension for winter.

I was fairly tired yesterday, yet I decided to get my tools out anyhow.

I thought I was reading the book right, but obviously I was not.
I have a mild case of dyslexia, it really only shows up when I am tired.

Well I had read all the numbers wrong, and adjusted my suspension all out of wack.

Today I went for a ride, and I thought I had punctured a tire. The bike wanted to throw me off.

I got back the garage to figure out what I did. Turns out I had adjusted only half of the front forks right. I am lucky nothing bad happened.

I felt like such and idiot.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 09:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Been there done that (with other bike bits). I call that the "drop the tools and slowly back away from the vehicle" moment.

You shoulda seen what I did to a poor, mostly innocent Garmin Quest that dared cross me during a panic'd preparation for a road trip...
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Jhanz
Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 10:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

About a month ago, I noticed that the bike was handling like crap and when I went to check the suspension adjustments, I saw that the front preload adjustments were out of wack - They were adjusted unevenly. I don't know how that happened because they were adjusted evenly not that far back. But in any case, the correct adjustment made a HUGE difference in the handling. HUGE!
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Pso
Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 11:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks for the heads up. The suspension is the one item that I do not check regularly before riding.I set it up when the bike was new, so as it has worn in I have not made any mods and thus perhaps I have slowely become accustomed to any change in the handling. I think I will make it a point now to check it once per month.
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Midknyte
Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 01:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I ended up with my front forks set unmatched and it was the damndest thing. The effect was subtle but totally messed with my head for almost a whole season. Going over tar snakes and groves would make me dizzy. Wierd, but true. Re-set my suspension and all well again...
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Cereal
Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 09:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've got by XB dialed in perfectly, but I can't seem to get my S1 right. She's fighting me at every corner.
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P3newbie
Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 04:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Are the little dot marks on the upper and lower adjustments supposed to be precise movement marks or are they for approximation? When I adjusted mine they didn't seem to quite line up when all the way closed.
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Midknyte
Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 06:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Approximate/reference. Back them all the way out and [re]dial them in to be sure.
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