Hullo fellow riders, I need help, please!
I'm having trouble setting up my 2014 Manitou Dorado, which came installed on my Norco Aurum 6.2 which I picked up last fall for a steal. I've just had a handful of rides on it so far this spring (a nice fork, but from the reviews I've read I feel like I'm missing out on performance, a bit too stiff), and I never changed the air pressure from what it came with (factory sets at 75psi or so, according to manual) until recently when I bought a shock pump.
First, my pump works, but maybe I need to replace the guage since trying to set the pressure to my recommended weight (65psi for 175lbs with gear on) makes the fork quite stiff, resulting in only around 15% sag when I have static weight on the bike. And for some reason when I hook up the pump to the fork (definitely with pressure), nothing registers on the guage. Anyway, must be pump issues, so I'm trying to focus on getting static sag to around 30-35%.
Problem is, at 35% sag, the fork feels as plush as people have been raving about, but now the fork sits nearly a full inch into its travel with no weight on it, and doesn't extend to the full 8" even if I lift the wheel and try to "spread" it apart, so I don't think seal stiction is a factor. I've got all damping to zero to make sure nothing could be affecting it, but I dunno.
So, is it just typical to lose some of your usable travel with a higher static sag setting?
Mezzer
I'm having trouble setting up my 2014 Manitou Dorado, which came installed on my Norco Aurum 6.2 which I picked up last fall for a steal. I've just had a handful of rides on it so far this spring (a nice fork, but from the reviews I've read I feel like I'm missing out on performance, a bit too stiff), and I never changed the air pressure from what it came with (factory sets at 75psi or so, according to manual) until recently when I bought a shock pump.
First, my pump works, but maybe I need to replace the guage since trying to set the pressure to my recommended weight (65psi for 175lbs with gear on) makes the fork quite stiff, resulting in only around 15% sag when I have static weight on the bike. And for some reason when I hook up the pump to the fork (definitely with pressure), nothing registers on the guage. Anyway, must be pump issues, so I'm trying to focus on getting static sag to around 30-35%.
Problem is, at 35% sag, the fork feels as plush as people have been raving about, but now the fork sits nearly a full inch into its travel with no weight on it, and doesn't extend to the full 8" even if I lift the wheel and try to "spread" it apart, so I don't think seal stiction is a factor. I've got all damping to zero to make sure nothing could be affecting it, but I dunno.
So, is it just typical to lose some of your usable travel with a higher static sag setting?
Mezzer