So I finaly have my Jedi built up and done all the tweaks to get it set up correctly. I changed the spring in Boxxer to Yellow/Soft even though RS states I am Standard/Red, now I am on 30% and just bottom out on the hardest hits with minimal HSC. I will be chaninging out the rear cassette to 11-26 and other than that its perfect bar the rear shock.
I had a 400lb spring fitted but it put me on +- 24% sag and I felt the small bump sensitivity was suffering because of this. I changed the springout for a 350lb spring and the sag is pretty much bang on 30% with enough preload to support the spring. First ride yesterday and there was a knock which I put down to the ID of the spring so I added some additional preload, this of coarse dropped my sag but the trail was a jump line so no biggy. It improved the tension on the spring and the movement was reduced so there was no more noise under hard compression. Last night I removed the shock and measured the ID of the Elka spring and the Fox replacement and there is around 2mm difference and a noticable amount of movement with the Fox. Some neat cutting of an inner tube and I have a rubber washer on both sides which I am hoping will prevent the spring from moving and allow me to reduce the preload and be back on 30% sag.
My main issue is that with both springs there is a small amount of travel with very little loading, just pushing down lightly on the saddle. It is about 5mm on the shock eye and about 10mm on the pivot bolt. There is a noticable change from being easy to compress for this initial travel then suddenly firm. Comaparing to my Delerium and from what I remember about my other bikes I have never noticed this. It is as if there is no control of the compression for the very inital part of the travel. I may be wrong and it could be due to the nature of the design of the Jedi. Under load there is of coarse no issue but I am concerned that when I unweight the bike to double a section, jump or ride through a rough section this initial travel is not well controlled. If I add a few turns of preload the shock feels the way think it should but my sag is reduced alot. If I can identify that it is the shock I smell a Woodie comming my way sooner rather than later.
All in all this bike is rediculous on jumps. I am over jumping everything and I know these trails perfectly. The bike pics up speed so well and after reading comments last week about the bike shooting out of corners when pushed into the turn I experimented yesterday and its no lie.I am just adjusting to the head angle and I feel faster through the corners on my Delerium as the trails are tight. I am really just trying to get the Jedi super dialled for SOuth Africa where it is rougher and more open so I can enjoy the suspension and stability of the Jedi. The fact that it jumps so well is just the shizzle. South Africa in 10 days
I had a 400lb spring fitted but it put me on +- 24% sag and I felt the small bump sensitivity was suffering because of this. I changed the springout for a 350lb spring and the sag is pretty much bang on 30% with enough preload to support the spring. First ride yesterday and there was a knock which I put down to the ID of the spring so I added some additional preload, this of coarse dropped my sag but the trail was a jump line so no biggy. It improved the tension on the spring and the movement was reduced so there was no more noise under hard compression. Last night I removed the shock and measured the ID of the Elka spring and the Fox replacement and there is around 2mm difference and a noticable amount of movement with the Fox. Some neat cutting of an inner tube and I have a rubber washer on both sides which I am hoping will prevent the spring from moving and allow me to reduce the preload and be back on 30% sag.
My main issue is that with both springs there is a small amount of travel with very little loading, just pushing down lightly on the saddle. It is about 5mm on the shock eye and about 10mm on the pivot bolt. There is a noticable change from being easy to compress for this initial travel then suddenly firm. Comaparing to my Delerium and from what I remember about my other bikes I have never noticed this. It is as if there is no control of the compression for the very inital part of the travel. I may be wrong and it could be due to the nature of the design of the Jedi. Under load there is of coarse no issue but I am concerned that when I unweight the bike to double a section, jump or ride through a rough section this initial travel is not well controlled. If I add a few turns of preload the shock feels the way think it should but my sag is reduced alot. If I can identify that it is the shock I smell a Woodie comming my way sooner rather than later.
All in all this bike is rediculous on jumps. I am over jumping everything and I know these trails perfectly. The bike pics up speed so well and after reading comments last week about the bike shooting out of corners when pushed into the turn I experimented yesterday and its no lie.I am just adjusting to the head angle and I feel faster through the corners on my Delerium as the trails are tight. I am really just trying to get the Jedi super dialled for SOuth Africa where it is rougher and more open so I can enjoy the suspension and stability of the Jedi. The fact that it jumps so well is just the shizzle. South Africa in 10 days
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