Just picked up a '05 Giant Faith 2 on sale. This is my first bike w/ really active suspension so I've got a couple of questions.
Right now it has the stock junior t and swinger on it. The spring on the swinger says it's a 500x2.75 so I'm guessing that's a 500lb spring? I'm not sure what the stock rate in the junior t is.
I'm about 205lbs, and am usually pretty hard on bikes (had to get this one because I bent the shock mount on my old idrive 3.0). After looking at some pics of me landing some fairly small jumps, it appears that both front and rear are really close to bottoming out. I've got the preload dialed all the way up on the junior t and quite a bit of air in the swinger. to all you 200+ lb riders our there- is this normal or do I need stiffer springs? What stiffness do you guys usually use?
Right now it has the stock junior t and swinger on it. The spring on the swinger says it's a 500x2.75 so I'm guessing that's a 500lb spring? I'm not sure what the stock rate in the junior t is.
I'm about 205lbs, and am usually pretty hard on bikes (had to get this one because I bent the shock mount on my old idrive 3.0). After looking at some pics of me landing some fairly small jumps, it appears that both front and rear are really close to bottoming out. I've got the preload dialed all the way up on the junior t and quite a bit of air in the swinger. to all you 200+ lb riders our there- is this normal or do I need stiffer springs? What stiffness do you guys usually use?