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Old 04-05-12, 12:08 PM   #1
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Default Shock spring rate vs. damping?

Having had a hagon shock on the hornet for the last year or so it's been good. However, after replacing the front internals with cartridge forks, the rear end now feels quite harsh.

Having played around with it, it's clear that the shock is quite under-damped. At one of of the adjustment the rebound damping appears to be zero, and at the other end there is marginally more resistance pushing down on the back of the bike, and the shock comes back up in a controlled manner, but very quickly.

The shock currently appears to be only using about half of the travel available.

So...based on this, if I replaced the spring with something softer, would this make the damping work any better? I'd rather not have to get it revalved, but I'm thinking it might be the only option at the moment.
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Old 05-05-12, 04:46 PM   #2
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Default Re: Shock spring rate vs. damping

Bit of an ar$e about face logic there. Is the spring good for your weight?
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Old 05-05-12, 06:31 PM   #3
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Default Re: Shock spring rate vs. damping

Not really. Seems to be a fairly common thing with the hagon shocks for the Hornet that they're oversprung and under-damped. I was just wondering if switching the spring would make a difference to how the damping works, because I'd like to respring it, but would rather avoid revalving it if it's not necessary (or if there's a chance it won't be).
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Yeah if you changed the spring to a lighter one then the rebound will effectively be greater
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