[jmvar]

Can someone explain when it is nesessary to adjust the compression on a rear shock or fork?

When would you want to slow down/speed up the compression in your suspension? what situations (small hits/big hits/high frequency bumps?)

thanks

 

[binary visions]

Any situation where you want to blow out your rear Fox Vanilla or RockShox Pro Deluxe :devil:

 

[jmvar]

so if I want the fox vanilla rc on my bighit dh to stay health all season I should keep it all the way out and get a heavier spring?

i am pretty deep into the sag. haven't bottomed yet but it has only been 2 rides.

julio

 

[Brian HCM#1]

If you are getting too much sag, you'll want a heavier spring.

 

[ChrisRobin]

Compression damping over overrated...you don't need it!

 

[binary visions]

Originally posted by jmvar
so if I want the fox vanilla rc on my bighit dh to stay health all season I should keep it all the way out and get a heavier spring?

i am pretty deep into the sag. haven't bottomed yet but it has only been 2 rides.

julio

Yes, you should keep it backed out. Foxes don't deal that well with compression damping.

Also, compression does not affect sag - if you've got too much sag, you either need more preload, or as Brian said, a heavier spring.

 

[DßR]

Originally posted by binary visions
Yes, you should keep it backed out. Foxes don't deal that well with compression damping.

Also, compression does not affect sag - if you've got too much sag, you either need more preload, or as Brian said, a heavier spring.

Yup.

"Red" = "rebound"
"Blue" = "blow" .........and also "feel like sh*t"

 

[Jm_]

The compression adjustment on some shocks, like the foxes, simply makes it "harsher" because it is just an orofice that you are closing down, so it affects the entire speed range at once, and for all intents and purposes is useless as a riding adjustment. It can be kind of helpfull for climbing on a road, but when you use a lot of it you do risk blowing the shock because it can not handle it. Interestingly, my vanilla RL has a blowoff on the "lockout" part of it, so if you try to slam on it when it is locked out, it doesn't damage the shock (like an RC might).

Adjustable low speed blowoff (like on a 5th element) and high speed compression are not so useless, but the adjustment on the fox is pretty useless.

 

[johnbrittain]

Get a heavier spring, a friend of mine has blown his fox RC 4 times before he went to a swinger, and all 4 times he had the compression way down, and i have blown a shock this way once before, so i'd say just go with new spring

 

[Hrelp]

So on a FOX RC you just want it to have no resistance to compressoin? Soon as u crank up any resistance it blows?