Sometimes, you can find the stroke specification on the website of your bike brand for your bike model. IF YOUR SHOCK IS NOT LISTED IN THE BELOW COMPATIBILITY TABLE:ĭetermine what your shock's stroke is and then compare that to the available Sprindex coils. Make sure that the spring length fits on your shock and that your maximum shock travel is not more than the specified Sprindex coil travel. Be sure to use the correct included adapter as described. There are three different Sprindex lengths and strokes available, and each Sprindex coil can be adjusted through a certain spring rate range. It also creates a sort of pogo effect - it feels like the bike is constantly unsettled.Sprindex is compatible with a wide variety of shocks. If you don’t have enough HSR rebound, the rear suspension can kick you forward onto the front wheel, especially over a jump. High-speed rebound damping is a tricky adjustment, because the only way to really feel what’s going on is actually on the trail. The suspension needs to absorb the square-edged impacts, but still remain lively and extend fully, ready to absorb repeated hits. Dave generally recommends starting with only 1-2 clicks of HSC. High-speed compression deals with impacts that generate higher shaft speeds, such as sudden jolts from roots and rocks. Again, make a note of how many clicks you added. Dave recommends a maximum of around five clicks of LSC. You want the bike to sit higher in its travel over small bumps and undulations, so start adding clicks of low-speed compression until the bike doesn’t wallow or feel mushy when you’re pedalling. This controls rider input, like weight shifts, and braking stability. Make a note of how many clicks you dialled out. Reduce the low-speed rebound until the suspension cycles only a couple of times, and then settles, when you ride off the kerb. Chances are, the wheel will just drop off the kerb and stop dead. This will undoubtedly be too much, but if you then conduct a kerb test, by riding off one, it allows you to feel how the suspension performs when set up poorly. The first setting to adjust is the low-speed rebound. Use the online spring calculator at /spring-calculator if you’re unsure. Top tip: If you’re using a coil shock ensure you have the correct spring rate. Make these sag adjustments in your riding kit, including a pack if you use one. On the DB coil shock you can to use the bottom-out bumper on the shock shaft to measure the sag by temporarily pushing it to other end, but ensure you wind off any preload first. Set sag on the DB Air by adding more air using the O-ring as a guide. TF Tuned recommends 25 per cent if you like a firm XC-type feel to the suspension, and between 30-35 per cent if you prefer it to be more active and compliant. You need to start fresh, so remove the air cap and release all the air from the air shock (or preload from the coil) and wind all the adjusters to the fully open position. > RockShox to feature smartphone suspension tuning? Check your tyre pressures (no really)īefore you even bother adjusting anything, check your tyre pressures. Make a note of them and run these pressures when making any adjustments to your suspension in the future. So to really perfect your set-up you have to configure the shock yourself, taking into account your weight, conditions and the terrain you’re riding on. This takes some of the guesswork out of set-up, but Cane Creek admits the guides are only a starting point, because they don’t take into account different rider weights. The base tune guide can also be found online at. To simplify set-up, Cane Creek configures every aftermarket shock with a base tune from the factory and, if the shock comes fitted as standard to a bike, it will be prepared for that bike and a Base Tune Card will be supplied with the owner’s manual. There are smartphone apps that can help you out with setting up your suspension. But it also introduced further complexity and the possibility of totally getting it wrong. This offered a level of tuning previously unseen on trail bike shocks and meant riders could really dial in their suspension. Cane Creek’s Double Barrel was one of the first shocks to have independently adjustable high and low-speed compression and rebound damping, via four dials on the shock body.