Been using my Manitou Travis Triple with high compression. Recently I put a lot more air in my tires so I noticed I felt more of the terrain than usual. However, today through a rough rocky section I felt just a bit too much vibration so I loosened the nob and backed off the compression completely just to feel a little plusher ride. Ten minutes later, going off a two footer, front fork landed first and I heard a loud, CLUMP! It bottomed out! ALL EIGHT INCHES! I was like, "What the hell?" So question is, without my ability to ORDER A FREAKING FIRM RIDE SPRING from Manitou, (which I still pissed about) how else can I control this issue? Would heavier weight fork oil prevent the fork from traveling all the way down so easily on a small hit like that? Was pretty surprised to hear it hit. In fact, just jumping up and down on it on a level surface seconds later at a snails pace I was able to get it to hit bottom pushing my arms down on the bars over the fork. Quite easily actually. Needless to say, I boosted the compression back up all the way again and it went away. But meanwhile this limits my ability to adjust it.
Any suggestions? Would heavier weight fluid prevent it from traveling down so fast?
Any suggestions? Would heavier weight fluid prevent it from traveling down so fast?
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