Welcome to my channel Fife & Flow. My name is Danica Fife and I am hooked on riding my mountain bike! On this channel expect to see insightful tutorials, reviews on innovative bikes and products, and stories of my own biking adventures!
I have a question. Im 140lbs and had a 150lb coil which was a terrible climber so moved to 350lb on advice from my LbS. Its got great stability and im just 2 clicks from the softest settings. But i find clearing jumps is harder than my 150lb coil. Would you recommend a 250lb coil or going up a couple of clicks? There are so many considerations i am clueless 🙈
Lots of things to consider here and I would need to get a little more info! Hopefully you've sorted things out and sorry for the slow reply. The 150 coil sounds quite light, and most frames for your weight would be close to 300-350 in my experience. I would strongly encourage you to look into sprindex, which is a coil that lets you change rates. I use that to find the right rate for my bikes and either keep it on or buy my preferred spring! Starting with spring rate first, then using damping is my strategy
Thanks for that. I made a mistake, it was a 250lb coil originally. I spoke to my MTB jump coach who sadly told me changing coil won't improve my jumping, ie it's my rubbish technique 😂. I think the takeaway is that one shock cannot be 100% for all needs, there has to be a trade off somewhere. I'm pretty happy with how the bike feels wirh current settings, and actually hit the biggest jump I've ever done at the weekend, and the bike soaked it up pretty well!!
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Hey! Loved this video! It definitely inspired my wife and I to check out Bootleg! Our trip was cut short after eating S#!T on the Poop Shoot, but the plus side to my OTB is that I can confirm - my scars are VERY MUCH PURPLE!
would you rather have worthless paper dollars, or useful bike parts?!?!? Also, smart thinking with the blue tarp and sign, definitely wouldnt have suspected a nice bike under there.
E bike if your fit and healthy but a standard bike if you want to loose timber (like me). Cycling big hills is about dripping to a gear you enjoy and taking it slow.
Progaurd rear is great rrp neoprene on my forks you might remember the old DH style fork fabric mudguard? That with a mucky nuts works well but the larger type they have now
