
Originally Posted by
tri boy
Neil, remember that even the best suspension guru's like Robert or Paul Thede (Race Tech founder) acknowledge that their job is to set suspension up with "the least amount of compromise".
But their is always compromise. Don't fall into the trap of over thinking what the forks/shock are doing in an attempt to nullify every type of load factor.
What may be 95% tuned for ruts, will have you cursing as you go into soft sand etc
Just my opinion.
I agree completely.
I'm just trying to get a feel for the rules to get to the starting point. I fully understand that the tuning starts in earnest from there.
There are some widely used rules of thumb, one of which I have mentioned repeatedly. I've simply been trying to figure out how to apply it in a particular case. Fran set me straight and at the same time explained why R.T. set it up the way he did.
However, if you read back, you will see that the question that I asked was very simple. "If we carry a heap of luggage, should we treat it as static or dynamic loading?"
Most of the respondents, me included, got it wrong.
Brent, there was no question of over-thinking it - we are dealing with the absolute basics here. The most basic suspension adjustment we have is changing the spring rate. Get that badly wrong and there is nothing else we can do that will compensate for it.
I may not be as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I always was.
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