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setting the air pressure in your fork
Hi Moutainbiker here. I just bought a new Rock Shock Recon sl air 100mm fork and i need to know how much air pressure i need to put in. I weigh around about 40kg (88 pounds)
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There is no short answer. It depends not only on your weight, but on the terrain. If it's rougher, then you may need more pressure so that you don't blow through the travel and bottom out too often.
The normal starting pressure is to set the fork so that you have 25-30% sag for XC use. What that is in terms of a number we won't have any idea of until we sit you on the bike when you come round to my place. It also varies from pump to pump, as they all read differently. That is why you need your own pump, so that you you can make fine adjustments without different meters messing with what the number needs to be.
The answer to your other question is that you don't have a *remote* lockout. You can simply reach down and turn it without too much drama. I don't use them unless I'm riding on the road or firetrail and am pedallig out of the saddle.
cool i got a shox pump off ebay yesterday
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem...
and with the remote lockout your right about not being a drama just reaching down but i wanted to know if it ws remote coz if its their no point not using a remote on the handle bars and it looked like it was coz of the round thing to put the cable through next to the lockout but that could be just a holder for the brake cable.
and before i come around i have to go to the bike shop to get them to put a star nut in the steer tube. Should we cut it to 9" or just leave it at 10" for the steer tube
Hrrrmmmmnn... I don't think that's a call we should make without lining up all the pieces on the bike first. I think grab a few steerer tube spacers from the LBS, we'll test fit the fork and mark where the steerer needs to be cut, you go away and get it cut and fitted with the star nut, and then come back and we'll finish off.
Like I said, if it's too long we can trim some more off, but if it's too short you're in trouble. Measure twice, cut once.
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