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Hello,
I've got my Rebas running at:
+110
-100
I weight 73kg... at those settings, they feel pretty good, although they feel a bit weak on fast descents, as if bottoming out too quickly.... what does everyone else run theirs at? I heard more negative air vs positive is a good step forward, though it will increase the amount of sag..
Cheers
Ricks
If you put more negative air this cause the fork to sit lower and blow through the first half of the travel thereby bottoming out quicker. TBH the settings there are pretty much spot I would say.
If you want the forks to be more plush you could always experiment putting 5ps more +ve and running the -ve the same or 5psi less than the +ve
e.g.
+115
-110 or -115
Then experiment by upping the compression damping if the fork is diving too much. I found the Reba to be easy to setup in principal though difficult to setup to make sure that I get full use of the travel (bottom out once per ride) and not blow through the travel too quick and be responsive to small bumps.
IMO the bottom line is how reactive you want the forks to be for small bumps and then work backwards from there.
I'll give it a go, I've heard of people running at between 60-70psi.. which sounds a ridiculous amount.
rickon, the best advice I've seen was on the mtbr forums a while back.
1. Set the positive up as 60% of your body weight in pounds i.e. 200lbs in weight = 120psi for the +ve.
2. Set the negative 0 - 5 - 10 psi less than the positive (depending on how plush you want the forks), though don't run the -ve more than +ve otherwise air will transfer from the -ve and to the +ve air chambers.
3. Set the compression about half way, floodgate off (fully open).
Also remember that when tinkering around with pressures, always let the -ve out first (fully deflated), let the +ve out, pump air into the +ve, then the -ve. Otherwise you will have issues mentioned in step 3.
I used this as a starting point and then fine tuned further.
Cheers Jimmers,
That'll be 88+ and 80'ish- for me!
I'll give it a go at that kind of volume and see how it stands.
Bizarre thing is that i did spend a while when i first installed them setting them up, but they've never felt the same as the first ride... felt much plusher than my F100's
I've got Reba Teams air u-turns and have 150psi in the +ve & -ve chambers.
Might have to fiddle with a bit less from the sounds of it, or are the air u-turns different to the race?
I use the rebound damping set to ~2/3 wound round to slow.
Right then... just as an update.... let out all the air in both chambers...
went to 88 psi in +ve and 80 -ve, was too soft...
Back up to 105 in +ve and 100 -ve, with about 2/3 rebound, and they're spot on - proper plush over big stuff, and sock up the small bumps nicely without lots of sag.
Interesting that the settings are almost identical to what they were before emptying the chambers