Rear suspension element
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The advantage of this progressive spring be-
haviour is the good bottom-out protection
when heavily loaded.
The valve for the air chamber is located at the
back end of the air shock. The valve is pro-
tected by a metal valve cap.
To pump up the air shock you need a special
air pump designed for bicycle air shocks. It
must feature a fitting Schrader valve adaptor
and a pressure indicator.
When attaching or removing the pump
to/from the valve, you will lose some air pres-
sure (about 0,5-1 bar). Take off the pump
quickly.
Recommended pressure setting on Scor-
pion fs 26 /Enduro / S-Pedelec, Scor-
pion plus 26
Load
pressure
•
up to 80 kg (183 lbs)
7,5 bar
•
up to 110 kg (242 lbs)
9,0 bar
•
up to 140 kg (308 lbs)
10,5 bar
Recommended pressure setting on Scorpion,
Scorpion fx, Scorpion fs 20, Scorpion plus 20
Load
pressure
•
up to 80 kg (183 lbs)
6,5 bar
•
up to 110 kg (242 lbs)
7,0 bar
•
up to 140 kg (308 lbs)
9,0 bar
Maximum allowed pressure: 18 bar.
Danger!
Take care that the rear
wheel or mudguard or suspension element
never hit the frame, seat or rear rack box
while the suspension is fully compressed.
Therefore fully deflate the air shock. Have
a second person sit down on the tricycle
and make the suspension bottom out by
pushing on the seat or the rear rack.
If the distance between the wheel or mud-
guard and the frame, seat or rear rack is
smaller than 1 cm you will have to have
your tricycle dealer mount an additional
spacer inside the air shock. In case you
don't, the mudguard may break suddenly
or the rear wheel might be blocked which
can lead to serious crashes.
Adjusting the damping
By adjusting the damping you can adjust the
performance of the suspension precisely to
your individual riding situation. A rough street
with many harsh bumps that occur in a row
or even cobblestones needs a low damping
rate while a road with long stretched bumps
that occur more regularly needs a stronger
damping to achieve a smooth road holding.
When you add a lot of luggage you will need
to adjust the spring stiffness; in that case an
adjustment of the damping may even give you
more riding comfort.
Finally, the oil used in the damper becomes
thicker and more viscous at lower tempera-
tures, which can be compensated through a
change in the damper setting.
Please note that you can seriously spoil the
riding comfort by a bad damper setting, espe-
cially caused by unsystematic playing with the
knobs that may result in much to high damp-
ing values. In the worst case the suspension
element will neither compress nor decom-
