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Springs & Damping Explained

Listen to these two Deep Thinking Podcasts to learn about suspension springs and damping. If you enjoy the banter, you can find all 87 Podcasts on my Podcast Page. Suspension Theory In Real Time #19 This one is about springs. Listen to it first. Suspension Animation...
How to Adjust your Suspension

How to Adjust your Suspension

The most common suspension adjusters are pre-load, compression and rebound. This is a guide to help you understand what they do. Springs: Hold up the weight of you and the bike. Think of them as stronger or weaker, not hard or soft. Pre-load: Only stores energy in a...
How Your Cartridge Forks Work

How Your Cartridge Forks Work

This photo shows a compression piston assembly taken apart on the left with the rebound piston assembly on the right. Starting on the bottom left is the compression holder that threads into the bottom of the cartridge body. Going up we see the compression stack, a...
BMW Shock Answers

BMW Shock Answers

All BMW rear shocks and some fronts, can be rebuilt.  The trick is re-charging them with nitrogen. To do this I drill and tap a 5 mm hole for a small nitrogen valve into the body of the shock. You can see a nitrogen valve installed on the shocks in two of these...