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by D-Rider » Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:14 pm
mangocrazy wrote:D-Rider wrote:Indeed if you wind on too much pre-load for the weight of bike and rider, it will either top-out on rebound - giving you a kick up the arse or you'll lock the suspension up so that it's basically solid and it'll kick you up the backside when you hit a bump.
Now we're getting down to it... If the spring rate is unchanged by adding excessive preload, why does it kick you up the arse when (for example) you forget to adjust the preload to solo spec after carrying a chunky passenger?
The answer is in the quote
(adjusted so that it is not appropriately positioned within the available range of stroke) “Scientists investigate that which already is. Engineers create that which has never been.”
-- Albert Einstein
