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04-16-2021, 01:22 PM #4176
Still dialing in the suspension on my Mojo 4.
Sag and rebound/compression set in accordance with the Ibis set up guide. Ride felt great but only used 60% of travel. Removed one of 2 spacers in the fork and replaced the .95 cu inch spacer with a .6 one.
Rode same trail, the ride is still great and now using 70% of travel.
Should I remove all the spacers or leave it as is? I'm 150lbs and not an aggressive rider.
As a side note, I noticed on the review videos, the riders only using about 80-85% of travel.
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04-16-2021, 01:25 PM #4177
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04-16-2021, 01:26 PM #4178
Spacers? Shouldn't you be adjusting air pressure and not tokens?
On a normal ride i use full travel maybe once sometimes never. Are you purposely trying to find bottom out?
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04-16-2021, 01:34 PM #4179
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04-16-2021, 01:44 PM #4180
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04-16-2021, 01:51 PM #4181
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04-16-2021, 01:58 PM #4182
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04-16-2021, 02:11 PM #4183
The one issue with popping spacers is that you'll need to increase pressure to maintain the same sag level. You might go deeper in the travel but things could feel harsher at the top. Compromises all around...
What does the compression damping look like on fork/shock? If you're light and not aggressive opening things up might help a bit. The recommended settings on my last ride were heavily damped and the bike wanted to ride high in its travel all the time. It felt pretty dead overall and I had to get way off the number of clicks recommended by Fox to liven it up and really get into the travel."Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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04-16-2021, 02:22 PM #4184
CDI 2-8nm Adjustable Torque tool. On sale for $40
The Link is the best price on the internet right now. They retail for over $100, and wholesale is over $55, not sure why this site is so cheap. I have purchased form them in the past, reputable tool company out of Florida.
CDI is the torque tool division of Snap-On tools. Its an American company, and supplier to General Service Administration of the U.S. Government.
This tool accepts any 1/4" hex bit you already own. Plus it includes a 4 mm, 5 mm, 6 mm, T25, and 4" Long 4mm, 4" Long T25 Bit.
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04-16-2021, 02:30 PM #4185
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04-16-2021, 02:39 PM #4186
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04-16-2021, 02:47 PM #4187
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04-16-2021, 02:56 PM #4188Registered User
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04-16-2021, 03:02 PM #4189
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04-16-2021, 03:04 PM #4190
So 1 from fully opened in HS and 6 from fully opened in LS? I can never remember how Fox counts the cliks. Regardless, playing with LS might help a bit? Worth a try anyway. Same things with running higher sag than recommended, if the bike doesn't wallow and bob all over the place it's fine.
As an aside, I'm using full travel on my shock all the time but only once in a great while on my fork and it's set to be super linear (as in no crazy ramp up at the end stroke). It takes a nose-heavy drop or a slam into a big compression to gobble up all the travel. Usually I don't really touch the last inch or so, even when I ride like an absolute hack (read: often). The bike is balanced too, it's not like I'm running it super squishy in the back and stiff in the front."Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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04-16-2021, 03:07 PM #4191
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04-16-2021, 03:13 PM #4192
If the spokes arent damaged i find the used/prestretched spokes build a strong wheel. No real proof but ive just moved one spoke at a time from one rim on to the new rim a bunch of times. Most of the time they stayed true longer and needed less maintenance. I do see prebuilts from mavic, dt swiss and hope seemingly being prestretched to perfection and needing no retensioning. I imagine other reputable wheel companies as well but not all. A friend/mechanic that used to build my wheels on the first day he got the parts but i wouldnt see the wheels for almost a week. I think he walked on them every day and i didnt get them until they were gtg
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04-16-2021, 03:17 PM #4193
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04-16-2021, 03:23 PM #4194
Id go with this^^. Aluminium bar and that stem should be good. Beauty stems with the 5mm bolts. Carbon bars will creak and you have to be mindful of not too much tourque and carbon paste may be needed. Your bar/stem combo i would think would be good. Id start by just putting grease in between all the top headset assembly. Usually the beveled washer is where the creaks happen. Especially after the moon dust weeks of summer
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04-16-2021, 03:31 PM #4195
File this in under When Is It Okay To Stop Fiddling?
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04-16-2021, 03:49 PM #4196Registered User
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I like the looks of that one ^^
if folks don't trust the tork wrench why use it ?
I have used them and i have a couple somewhere, things i deemed to need even pressure like a head gasskete but other wise my tork wrench was if i fuck this up I have to come back and fix itLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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04-16-2021, 03:53 PM #4197
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04-16-2021, 04:26 PM #4198
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04-16-2021, 04:32 PM #4199
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04-17-2021, 07:07 PM #4200
Just to close the story:
Tried to dremel a slot for a flat head in the back side of the broken end of the bolt. Made some progress backing it out but then things got soft or I got too pushy and the hole and bolt went to shit. Just bit the bullit and found a replacement stem for less. Ah another idiot move in the life of learning how to work on and build your own bikes, this is build 3, and things are less frustrating but still the occasional f bomb.Do I detect a lot of anger flowing around this place? Kind of like a pubescent volatility, some angst, a lot of I'm-sixteen-and-angry-at-my-father syndrome?
fuck that noise.
gmen.
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