Couple Questions...

[jadedragon13]

For the MTB crowd (this means you nick ;) )

Never had Shocks before,  they seem a squooshy, How does Pre-load work?

What's a good break in Regime for disk brakes?

Comments

MTBs are fun

[tiger0range]

Well, I thought I would chime in with some answers. First of all I must say, it's great hearing from you again. I don't know what you are up to except from LJ a bit. I am a bit confused about parts of it, but don't get a chance to ask

Re: MTBs are fun

[jadedragon13]

Wow! Great to hear form you, and Greater still the family news!

Yeah I tend to be a bit cryptic on here, personal limitation ;)

I am 3.5 years in Japan. Still working for Nova, which is still by the grace of investors opening it's doors.

I study Aikido three times (ish) a week, and Play way too much City of Heroes, and WoW.

Planning to start doing a weekly ride, now that I have a ride that doesn't make me like a prepubescent.

:)

[nickhalfasleep]

There should be knobs on the top of the shocks, you can dial them somewhat for hardness. Or you may be able to take them to a shop and have tougher springs put in. Coming from a hard fork, I think just about anything will feel like a marshmallow.

The disk breaks should break in fine through normal use, though be aware that while they can grip much stronger and hold up to greater abuse, they could conceivably fade on you if you spent a long decent (say, 20 miles) riding them downhill hard. Where you might find such a trail I have no idea. They should hold much better in inclement weather too.

[jadedragon13]

Yeah I figured some of my unease comes from being a hard fork rider all this time. It only really bugs me when I stop, and the nose dives a bit. I am used to that a bit form Motorbikes, but seems a bit strange at first on a MTB.