Tips for Mountain Bike Suspension Dampers by Expert Village

Probably the most prevalent type of damper that we see from some manufacturers now is a combination damper. So it's a combination of like a pumping rod design and a shimmed design. This is the damper out of a Rockshox Boxer downhill race fork. So, in my... Read More »

Adjust Damping Compression for Mountain Bikes by Expert Village

So, most high-end parts, suspension components, have external adjustments where you, the end user, can change how the shock damps--damps things that you hit. So how it slows down the spring rate, versus what the spring rate would naturally do. That's... Read More »

Mountain Bike Rear Suspension Tips by Expert Village

Just like with front suspension, rear suspension has two fundamentally different types, which are actually really similar because they use the same parts inside. But you've got coil springs--which, this is a shock that's designed to use a coil spring... Read More »

Tips for Measuring for Setting the Front Sag on Mountain Bikes by Expert Village

For the downhill use, you want more sag than that. More than twenty or thirty percent. You could use up to forty percent sag, and, it's the same sort of thing. I'll push down my little zip tie that I use to see how much travel I'm using. I'm going to get... Read More »

Mountain Bike Front Suspension Tips by Expert Village

Most commonly seen type of suspension that you have on bikes is front suspension and front suspension only. That really serves to absorb a lot of the impacts that would be going to the handlebar or throwing you off, throwing you off base. Most bikes... Read More »