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 Rebound for Mountain Bikes by Expert Village

This also has a gold knob on it called a gate adjust knob. Gate is the blow off of this damper. So as I turn the gold knob, that changes the threshold for the lock out to come on. So, I have the gate dialed all the way in, and that means when I push down... Read More »

Mountain Bike Damper Tips by Expert Village

Which are basically--they're basically springs. And the deformation of these springs--I'm going to take this apart--the deformation of these springs is what causes the damping. And the cool thing about these shimmed dampers, or shim stack as it's called... 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 Suspension Ported Dampers by Expert Village

Another type of damper which is also sort of some motocross technology that's come to bikes--this is probably 70s technology versus 90s technology--is a pumping rod, or a ported damper. So, what we've got here is--this goes in the bottom of a fork and... Read More »