yea but:350 x 3.25 = 1137.5lbs
350 x 2.8 = 980lbs
Therefore the longer spring is stiffer.
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which is heavier: 1 pound of bricks or 1 lb of feathers?This thread is full of fail. Each spring will take 350 lbs to compress 1". So, both spring will require the same effort to compress them the same amount. The only thing is that the shorter spring will bottom on itself sooner so it cant absorb more load.
No spring is stiffer.
Depends.which is heavier: 1 pound of bricks or 1 lb of feathers?
-kx ... where K is the spring rate and x is the material constant (i think, been a while since high school physics). so if its steel, its the same the spring constant is the same, if its ti, the spring constant is slightly different, since its a different metal (and why people fee ti rides a little nicer).here an observation which might not be true. Doesn't the spring (when compressed) have a certain progressiveness inheritated to the material properties?
gona go with the brick OBRIOUSLY~~~!!!!!!which is heavier: 1 pound of bricks or 1 lb of feathers?
Yeah but 107.6 = 10 + 7 + 6 = 23yea but:
350 / 3.25 = 107.69230769230769230769230769231
i will bite (avoiding staining the stairs at the moment...):
you had a 350 on a 9" travel, 3 in stroke bike (ie 3:1 ratio), that is 116.7 pounds per 1 inch of wheel travel (350 pound per inch of shock movement)
now have a 350 on a 8" travel, 2.75 inch stroke (ie. 2.9:1 ratio) which equals 120.7 pounds per 1 inch of wheel travel.
so the 350x2.8 will *feel* slightly stiffer... which you need since its a shorter travel bike.... and therefore, they will ride very similarly.
the above is an approx, since the shock curve changes through the travel, and its nearly imposible to forecast exactly what your sags will be, but the curves between an 08 and 10 glory should be fairly similar, so the result should be about the same.
Even though they are identical spring rates the 350/2.8 on an 8" travel bike would feel ever so slightly stiffer than a 350/3.25 on a 9" travel bike due to the difference in leverage ratio (assuming identical leverage curves.)First part.... perfect sence
second part,..... not so much...
350lbs of force per inch, at full bottom out both springs on the same shock will take the same force exerted on them at that point. IE they would at 2.75 inches of stroke<the most the shock will allow> both have 962.5 pounds of force on them<at the shock>
Jesus H f&*ng christ, what the hell kind of nutmeg are you drongo's smoking?
A coil spring operates solely in the hookean region of steal, ie, the thing is as linear as it gets, discounting the change in drag from spring rotation on a longer spring (the thing those obtainium needle bearing kits try to eliminate)
In other words, if the a 350x3" spring is the same stiffness as a 350x2.5" spring, they both take 350lb to compress the spring 1". It doesn't change right to the very end. The end.
I know some of you were being sarcastic, but Jesus some of you are serious as cancer.
I had some delicious rhubarb pie last night but when I tried to use it for stiffness calculations it just made a mess.you guys are forgetting to use Pie to figure out the stiffness difference
Mmmmmm. Have you every tried rhubarb pie w/strawberries baked in it too? Absolutely delicious I doubt the addition of strawberries to the Pie will make it any less messy when using for any type of calculations however.I had some delicious rhubarb pie last night but when I tried to use it for stiffness calculations it just made a mess.
you needed to use apple Pie to figure the stiffness ratio outI had some delicious rhubarb pie last night but when I tried to use it for stiffness calculations it just made a mess.
yup, I failed to mention the rhubarb pie I was using was a strawberry rhubarb pie.Mmmmmm. Have you every tried rhubarb pie w/strawberries baked in it too?
Keep your pie habits and how they affect your stiffness to yourself bub.I had some delicious rhubarb pie last night but when I tried to use it for stiffness calculations it just made a mess.
Your mom likes bananas.As a banana, this thread made me Thursday.
African or European?"It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut."
African or European?
African Bird, European Coconut.Huh? I... I don't know that.