I tried getting this answered elsewhere, but to no avail...
I had a rock shox bar 1.1 and went off a 3 foot drop yesterday, bottomed out and lost all compression. The thing it shot. Thing is I have an Iron Horse bike (not the DW-link ), love it but... obviously no support at the moment. I'm doing a lot more aggressive down hill and jumping off of stuff so I'm thinking of going to a coil over. I would consider myself ... all mountain
1. Is is a good idea to go coil over, I don't really mind losing some stroke power to suspension as long as I don't bottom out and wreck the shock/rear swing arm off a 3-4ft jump.
2. I'm a broke as can be student at the moment so I can't buy a $200-$600 shock. But I'm looking for a step up from the rock shox bar, from what I understand thats not too hard considering it seems to be just barely entry level shock.
3. Whats this weight in lbs ratings on springs/coils? 350,400,700? etc. What does it mean to me and how do I know which one is right for me?
4. Lastly for now, do i have to put a 8"(erm 7.75) eye-eye length (what i have now) shock in or could I do say 7.5-8.5" and still have it work?
Thanks for all the help in advance.
I had a rock shox bar 1.1 and went off a 3 foot drop yesterday, bottomed out and lost all compression. The thing it shot. Thing is I have an Iron Horse bike (not the DW-link ), love it but... obviously no support at the moment. I'm doing a lot more aggressive down hill and jumping off of stuff so I'm thinking of going to a coil over. I would consider myself ... all mountain
1. Is is a good idea to go coil over, I don't really mind losing some stroke power to suspension as long as I don't bottom out and wreck the shock/rear swing arm off a 3-4ft jump.
2. I'm a broke as can be student at the moment so I can't buy a $200-$600 shock. But I'm looking for a step up from the rock shox bar, from what I understand thats not too hard considering it seems to be just barely entry level shock.
3. Whats this weight in lbs ratings on springs/coils? 350,400,700? etc. What does it mean to me and how do I know which one is right for me?
4. Lastly for now, do i have to put a 8"(erm 7.75) eye-eye length (what i have now) shock in or could I do say 7.5-8.5" and still have it work?
Thanks for all the help in advance.