Newbie Pressure & Sag Question:With all my kit on Im about 13st.I have about 220psi in the shock and you can see where the o-ring goes too with the pro pedal set to soft when I'm sat on bike.

Is this correct? 220 seems a little high from what I've read up on?

how long is the shock stroke?

You'll have to explain that one to me?

I ran mine at about 350psi on a VPP bike and I'm 100kg. Looks like a lot of sag to my mind.

Let all air out and measure from the centre of each eyelet – I2I
Compress the shock and remeasure the I2I
This is your stroke length
You ideally want 20-30% sag (the amount of stroke that is compressed when you sit on the bike) – where the black ring ends up

2.5" in the photo.( all the silver bit showing that is )

so about 1/2" of sag

Just under 1" from the O ring to housing?
You can tell how techy I am 😕

pump it a lot more

what bike btw?

More? its 2010 Spesh Enduro Comp

more you need LESS sag

OK,so if the shock has 2.5" showing when stood,how much give should there be with my butt on it? ( its no problem having 250 – 300 psi then is it? )

remove shock, Let all the air out and see if the shock tries to suck itself closed. I had a new RP2 with some unwanted neg air (bled thru piston seals from air chamber )which meant i needed loads of pressure to balance it.

long shot i know. I stripped shock, cleaned and lubed, and its been ok since!

I can just about change the tire!! May take it to LBS where I bought it…

did you not get a sag o meter with it like you do when you get an 09 enduro??

No sag o meter with bike.

thats not good!!

by the looks of the picture i would say you need a fair bit more air!!. bearing in mind with a full riding kit and a hydration pack(if you use one) yuo will weigh even more.