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The rest of my parts should come in this week, which will hopefully put me on the road next week.
I've been reading a lot of stuff here and soaking in what I can. I know that no amount of reading is complete preparation. I've ridden a friend's bike several times, but it was on no-traffic backroads. I consider it completely insignificant, because I doubt I've gotten 10 miles of riding under my belt.
The only question I have after all of this, as it's something I'm concerned with being quite a hefty guy (5'11", 215 lbs), has to do with suspension settings. The PO (my late brother) was also hefty at 6'3" and 225+. I haven't touched the suspension at all other than to see where the front forks were set, which was all the way stiff, and then moved them back. For the rear, I'm not sure of the reference point to the numbers on the adjuster and the manual isn't clear on this. There is a slot-shaped piece that sticks up from the metal on the left side of the bike underneath the adjuster. If I recall correctly, this piece had the 6 or 7 aligned with it.
After reading a few posts about suspensions bottoming out and whatnot, I became concerned. As someone that doesn't know how a bike should feel, what obvious symptoms of suspension issues should I be feeling for?
I've been reading a lot of stuff here and soaking in what I can. I know that no amount of reading is complete preparation. I've ridden a friend's bike several times, but it was on no-traffic backroads. I consider it completely insignificant, because I doubt I've gotten 10 miles of riding under my belt.
The only question I have after all of this, as it's something I'm concerned with being quite a hefty guy (5'11", 215 lbs), has to do with suspension settings. The PO (my late brother) was also hefty at 6'3" and 225+. I haven't touched the suspension at all other than to see where the front forks were set, which was all the way stiff, and then moved them back. For the rear, I'm not sure of the reference point to the numbers on the adjuster and the manual isn't clear on this. There is a slot-shaped piece that sticks up from the metal on the left side of the bike underneath the adjuster. If I recall correctly, this piece had the 6 or 7 aligned with it.
After reading a few posts about suspensions bottoming out and whatnot, I became concerned. As someone that doesn't know how a bike should feel, what obvious symptoms of suspension issues should I be feeling for?
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