Further to yesterday’s post about pedal strikes it has been suggested to me that the stock rear spring is too soft, fair comment….im 14st and despite buying a large people may have a point.

Question is what do I replace it with, not fussed on brand just want the correct size….there is nothing, NOTHING in the YT handbook that tells you what size spring it is!

Any help greatly appreciated then I can get something suitable for my weight.

Give TF Tuned a call. The spring will say on it what the stroke length is (which will be the key figure) and they will help based on you + bike characteristics.

You can use the spring calc on their site, but people seem to have mixed results with that.

Just to check though, you’re getting too much sag as it is?

What shock is it? This came off my 2016 Tues, to replace it I phoned j-TECH and bought the spring weight he recommended rather than using a generic spring calculator.
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It’s a longun, 3.5? What weight do you need? I’ve got a 450 Ti to fit a Tues for sale.

Yeah too much sag, it’s lovely and plush but just too damn low to the ground.

What about the fork? Might as well make sure they are both sorted

Spring rate and length’s usually printed on the spring. Though it’s not quite so simple, there’s been a bit of variance between manufacturers.

Fork seems great, used all but an inch of travel yesterday which is what I like to keep in reserve for unexpected big hits.

The spring (just been out to check) says 250 x 3.6
I’m guessing 250 is 250lb which does seem underweight for a 14st bloke but what is 3.6?

Is it the circumference or diameter of said spring so it fits through the frame?

Plus, how long a spring would I need to order!?!?

3.6 is the free stroke length.

How much sag are you getting? 250lbs is a light spring even on a long stroke shock.

a 3.5″ stroke spring will be fine. Depending on the shock will depend on the ID of the spring. Fox & RS are slightly different.

Cheers guys, I’ll get on the phone to TF and see what they can do for me.

Make sure you start the conversation with “I’ve been getting advice from the STW forum” and wait for the groan 🙂

length should be printed on the coil.

for my tues I went from 250lbs to 275lbs. (I’m 13.5 st) At the time it was the longest one RS did but now we have “metric” shocks so that may no longer be the case :/

IIRC it needs to be rockshox specific. Fox, marz and cane creek won’t fit.

RS shocks require 38mm internal diameter spring. I think Fox/Cane Creek are 36.5mm, but check that.

shock on my 2017 Tues AL is 10,5″x3,5″/267mm x 89mm . I went up to a 300lbs one.

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3.6 is the free stroke length.

How much sag are you getting? 250lbs is a light spring even on a long stroke shock.

I ran 300 or 325 on mine, and I’m a big lump. The 3.5″ stroke means you end up using surprisingly low rates.

Have ordered a 350 on the basis I’m back in the gym and likely to add to my 14st this summer, might be a mistake in which case I’ll come down to the recommended 300, we’ll see.

Be interested to know how you get on – I recently acquired an older model Tues and suspect that I need a stiffer spring.