The adjustment ring should be turned no
more than five turns (measured from the re-
laxed position) towards the spring. If the sus-
pension compresses still too far even after six
turns, the spring is too soft and has to be re-
placed by a harder spring.A too big pre-load
of a too soft spring does not take advantage of
the full comfort potential.
You will find more information on changing
springs in this manual under "Maintenance and
Care",
page 47
.
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Velotechnik
Steel spring suspension element with fixed damping rate.
The suspension travel is adjusted by adding clips to the piston
rod of the spring element.
Danger!
Take care that the rear wheel or
mudguard or suspension element never hit
the frame, seat, rear rack or luggage box
while the suspension is fully compressed.
Therefore relax the spring completely by
turning the spring retention disc on the
thread of the spring element as far as it will
go (before this, push the possibly existing
safety spring ring from its slot in the thread-
ed section as far as it will go). Have a second
person mount the bicycle and make the sus-
pension bottom out by leaning on the seat
or the rear rack.
If the distance between the wheel or mud-
guard and the frame, seat, rear rack or
Speedbag is smaller than 1 cm you will have
to mount an additional spacer. In case you
don't, the mudguard may break suddenly or
the rear wheel might be blocked which can
lead to serious crashes.
Danger!
The adjustment ring has always to
be screwed so far towards the spring that
the spring has no play when unloaded.
Otherwise the adjustment ring could come
loose through shocks while riding so that
the slotted rear spring retention disc comes
off. In that case the suspension element may
be damaged or the rear wheel could hit the
frame or rear rack, which may lead to seri-
ous falls.
Always have an initial pre-load of at least half
a turn on the spring.