02-04-13, 10:13 PM
At the risk of straining at the gnat, I can only echo the above.
It is vital that the simple things are right before looking at other probs.
"When walking down the road and hearing hoofbeats expect to see horses when you turn and not zebras."
The tyres are not the best but should be fine if they are new (unless they are very old stock and dried out) and at the correct pressures.
At 6' 3" and 19 stone myself, I know that decent suspension on mine made a world of difference and the bike handled brilliantly. Yours should be capable of the same.
I would most certainly ditch the jack up kit as a matter of urgency, I am guessing you had the suspension built for your weight and riding style but did not say the bike was jacked up?
The jack up kit will make the rising rate ratio's alter and your carefully designed suspension will then not work to it's full potential. It would be like putting a good shock of the correct setting for you that you had on another bike on - the shock is "good" but not in that application.
We will get to the bottom of it......
Whale
It is vital that the simple things are right before looking at other probs.
"When walking down the road and hearing hoofbeats expect to see horses when you turn and not zebras."
The tyres are not the best but should be fine if they are new (unless they are very old stock and dried out) and at the correct pressures.
At 6' 3" and 19 stone myself, I know that decent suspension on mine made a world of difference and the bike handled brilliantly. Yours should be capable of the same.
I would most certainly ditch the jack up kit as a matter of urgency, I am guessing you had the suspension built for your weight and riding style but did not say the bike was jacked up?
The jack up kit will make the rising rate ratio's alter and your carefully designed suspension will then not work to it's full potential. It would be like putting a good shock of the correct setting for you that you had on another bike on - the shock is "good" but not in that application.
We will get to the bottom of it......
Whale
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