The adjustment ring should be turned no mo-
re than five turns (measured from the relaxed
position) towards the spring. If the suspension
compresses still too far even after six turns,
the spring is too soft and has to be replaced
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 45
.
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Velotechnik
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 sa-
fety spring ring from its slot in the threaded
section as far as it will go). Have a second
person mount the bicycle and make the su-
spension 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 se-
rious falls.
Always have an initial pre-load of at least half
a turn on the spring.
