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Anyone know anything about Mountainbike suspension? (self.newzealand)
submitted 1 year ago by Axisential to c/newzealand
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Picked up and older but excellent condition Giant Reign for my son - was a seriously expensive bike in its day, so it has fully adjustable everything.

I stripped down the rear shock to get some rust kill on the spring - no issues there. But, I wanted to reset the rates to stock. Stupidly, I backed the rebound damping adjuster all the way out - it's popped off whatever ratchet it was on in there, and the damping is now stuck at full. I can get the adjuster back in, but it's not reengaging with whatever it's supposed to.

Usually when I break shit, YouTube has the answer. Not this time! Any tips from the experts?!

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[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...a little. It sounds expensive.

Without specifying what shock and the likely year (photos?) your not getting anywhere. Is it a coil or air compression system (if it's air, the damping adjuster is probably embedded in the next time wall?)

[–] Axisential 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It appears to be a Rockshox Vivid 5.1. No idea what year - I'd guess 10 years old perhaps. I'm a motorbike guy, so couldn't tell you what kind of suspension it is! Spring with hydraulic, has an air valve as well.

Will see if I can figure out how to add pics...

[–] Axisential 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's this guy that is not playing ball

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe have a look at this https://www.sram.com/globalassets/document-hierarchy/service-manuals/rockshox/rear-suspension/gen0000000004712-rev-a-vivid-service-manual-english.pdf

I suppose you may get more traction (ha!) with the MTB community, too. Haven't seen a bike wrench one yet, but I learned a bit from them (am n00b, I'm basically too scared to service MTB suspension but hope to tear apart my dropper soon when I get the silly parts it needs).

Fiddly little things aren't they?

[–] Axisential 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha, yes indeed. Shock, horror: I've reached out to the MTB community on Reddit (yes, I felt dirty) to see if they can help. Failing that, off to the shop

[–] Doombot1@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

r/MTB may not be of quite a much help as r/bikewrench so I would consider giving that a shot, too

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, r/bikewrench is better if c/MTB doesn't help. Using r/MTB is only going to get you distracted with jumps

[–] Axisential 1 points 1 year ago

Nice, didn't know about that one. Cheers

[–] Dave 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I lost you after the first sentence, so it's nothing I can help with. The only person I've heard mention cycling is @SamC@lemmy.nz and that was road bikes but maybe they have experience with mountain bikes?

Another option would be to take it to a bike shop and ask!

[–] Axisential 2 points 1 year ago

Haha, yes that's the last resort! I am fundamentally a cheapskate, so if there's a chance I can fix or build something myself, I'm totally headed down that path lol