I have a set of these forks but the problem I’m having is that they’re just over-sprung for me and, on a typical, ride I’m never using more than about 120mm of travel and can’t achieve more than about 30mm of static sag.
Ok, being an old biffer, I’m not dropping 8 feet to flat or anything but I’m not mincing round on flat, smooth paths either.
I’ve done all the depressurization stuff but it’s still not the answer and bearing in mind that travel you can’t access is just a waste of time, what I’d really like to do is set them up with a lighter spring, but without paying £170 for the soft spring from Marzocchi.
Has anyone else found an alternative that will work in these (it doesn’t even have to be Ti) so that I can at least try the idea out at a reasonable cost, even if I eventually end up shelling out for a genuine spring?
The standard spring is 6.92 N/mm (about 40 inch/lbs) so I’m thinking that something around 75% of that wouldn’t be far off the mark – I’ll give UK Bikestore a shout and see what rate the soft spring is.
The only other alternative is to grind the standard spring down to reduce the cross sectional area of the wire, which would work but be a bit of a pain in the ass to do.