my brother had problems with his DHX air being too linear so he added some grease in the main chaimber so it ramps up better
Lapierre Dh 230, What do ppl think?
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this works well, but for 07 the air chambers are smaller to begin with.
Thanks for posting
I found a quick set-up guide on the Yeti site. Possibly not optimal. For my weight which is about 185 lbs (fully loaded!) they recommend:
Main can = 205 psi
Boost = 154 psi
Bottom out 1.5 turns from min. setting
Pro pedal 2 clicks from min
Rebound 10 click from min
I haven't had a chance to test this properly except on the flat where there is some bob sprinting. Sag is easily 35%+ which seems too much. This sets the bike right down and I estimate bb height to be about 12 3/4 inches (floor to centre bb axle).
Interested in what others have come up with to optimise the ride. I'll try this out but am thinking I will need to up the main can psi.
I found a quick set-up guide on the Yeti site. Possibly not optimal. For my weight which is about 185 lbs (fully loaded!) they recommend:
Main can = 205 psi
Boost = 154 psi
Bottom out 1.5 turns from min. setting
Pro pedal 2 clicks from min
Rebound 10 click from min
I haven't had a chance to test this properly except on the flat where there is some bob sprinting. Sag is easily 35%+ which seems too much. This sets the bike right down and I estimate bb height to be about 12 3/4 inches (floor to centre bb axle).
Interested in what others have come up with to optimise the ride. I'll try this out but am thinking I will need to up the main can psi.
Sorry to bring an old topic up.
My lapierre blows through the travel too, a problem not really solved much by putting the romic on.
Just wondering if you got anywhere with it in the end and solved the problem? If not i may get a dhx5.0 and get it tuned.
Thanks, Rick
My lapierre blows through the travel too, a problem not really solved much by putting the romic on.
Just wondering if you got anywhere with it in the end and solved the problem? If not i may get a dhx5.0 and get it tuned.
Thanks, Rick
congrats on the new bike, it looks sweet. you might want to put a lil grease in air chamber to help it ramp up a bit. otherwise a lil more compression danmping would help too. how does the dhx air handle long dh runs?
is there a link to this review? what were the 10 bikes that they reviewed? they seemed to have done quite a good job by using same tires/forks ect on the bike.
I'm not completely happy with my DHX Air set up yet. I've
1 set the main chamber with about 33% sag (Nicko has his at 38%!)
2 pumped the boost chamber up to 190 psi (max is 200 psi)
3 got the bottom out dial amd pro pedal both about 50% open
4 set the rebound so it's not bouncing me around (trial & error)
I'm happy with the ride which seems very supple. It soaks up small and medium hits and rails corners. It's also incredibly quiet. It's still bottoming out on medium sized drops (ie fast buss stop jumps of 4 to 6ft to flat). Next time out on these drops I'm going to start turning up the bottom out dial to see if that makes any difference. I'm also going to try the grase in the boost chamber trick (any particular sort of grease and how much of it?). I've read that you have to do a lot of trial and error to get these shocks sorted.
I got a DHX coil with the bike and havn't fallen back on this yet. I want to give the air shock a fair crack and I think I'm pretty much there. The bottom out isn't harsh although I did manage to drag my heal on the ground which I suppose could have been nasty.
Unfortunately I've got to do a bit of travelling to get to really long tracks (like the Alps) so I haven't noticed any fall off in the rebound damping which I've heard is a problem on long runs (have you seen the thread on here about DHX coil vs. air?).
Overall, the bike is up there with the best. I'm still open minded about the air shock and as yet I have not got near the limits of the bike (planning to take it to Wales soon and France next summer).
1 set the main chamber with about 33% sag (Nicko has his at 38%!)
2 pumped the boost chamber up to 190 psi (max is 200 psi)
3 got the bottom out dial amd pro pedal both about 50% open
4 set the rebound so it's not bouncing me around (trial & error)
I'm happy with the ride which seems very supple. It soaks up small and medium hits and rails corners. It's also incredibly quiet. It's still bottoming out on medium sized drops (ie fast buss stop jumps of 4 to 6ft to flat). Next time out on these drops I'm going to start turning up the bottom out dial to see if that makes any difference. I'm also going to try the grase in the boost chamber trick (any particular sort of grease and how much of it?). I've read that you have to do a lot of trial and error to get these shocks sorted.
I got a DHX coil with the bike and havn't fallen back on this yet. I want to give the air shock a fair crack and I think I'm pretty much there. The bottom out isn't harsh although I did manage to drag my heal on the ground which I suppose could have been nasty.
Unfortunately I've got to do a bit of travelling to get to really long tracks (like the Alps) so I haven't noticed any fall off in the rebound damping which I've heard is a problem on long runs (have you seen the thread on here about DHX coil vs. air?).
Overall, the bike is up there with the best. I'm still open minded about the air shock and as yet I have not got near the limits of the bike (planning to take it to Wales soon and France next summer).