So I've just had a big lump of work done - two wheel builds, plus a bunch of other bits and pieces, but no request from me to look at the forks and no mention from them that they have, but they've been worked on - the sticky lock-out lever mech's been cleaned up (great) and a frayed cable end clipped (great) but they've also taken them down from 130mm travel to 120mm, and reduced the rebound to make them plusher.
Weird huh?
they were working on two bikes at once.
I'm expecting a "My forks have come back from my lbs with a dirty lever, a frayed cable, the travels gone up 10mm and the rebound is wrong." thread.
Are you sure it's your bike?
what forks are they? If they're rs dual airs then it could be that a difference in positive and negative pressures has resulted in the travel decreasing.
did they ?
what forks ?
possible they just stuck air into them in the wrong order after fixing your lock out..... if they are certain forks
Rockshox Revs.
That's the difference in pos/neg to get small bump and plushness. My 140's never show 140 on the stanchion unless they are set up for a fat person doing drops to flat (opposite of me and my riding)
Then it may just be the case that the negative pressure is greater than the positive pressure which sucks the fork down and therefore less travel. Hold the front wheel and pull the bars up, does the travel extend?
Edit - Mr Smith got there first
MrSmith - quick question...so when the dual air Revs appear to shorten as I add air to the bottom of the leg (think that's negative, isn't it), is this what gives the fork its plushness and small bump sensitivity? I have 150mm Revs but they show around 140mm. If I set them so they're as long as possible, will I lose that sensitivity? Very happy with the forks overall.
Ta v much.