| Posted: Jun 5, 2008 at 11:00 | Quote | My 8 year old sister currently has an '07 Hardrock Sport 24, which comes with an RST Gilla Plus T7 Fork with 100mm travel. She only weighs 28kg, and I put a zip tie around her stantion today to see how much travel she was really using. Turns out she is only using 50mm of travel even with some small 30cm jumps.
She is a really aggressive rider and she wants to go to bigger and bigger jumps. I want her suspension to be a little softer though because even I can't bottom it out off my 70cm jump to flat with the preload on the softest setting.
What can I do to make it softer? I don't thing sprins are readily available, but will changing the oil or something help? |
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| Posted: Jun 6, 2008 at 11:55 | Quote | Hey dude, I got the same problem with your little sister. My fork is a RST Gila RL. The spring is so hard that everytime I jump off even from one-step height, my wrist would be shocked painfully. I tried to set the preload to '-' but it didn't work at all..
I think you'd better change that fork. Maybe the CAPA series would be better than Gilas. Or that fork may harm your sister's wrist. |
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| Posted: Jun 6, 2008 at 12:10 | Quote | Yeah off my 70cm jump to flat I tried this morning it would really hurt my wrists and I don't want that to happen to my sister. I was thinking of maybe a Rock Shox Revelation Dual Air or a Pike, something with 130mm travel and an air fork so I can adjust it exactly for her weight. She needs the extra travel too..
But in the meanwhile, are there any cheap fixes to making the RST softer? Just something to do until we can get her the new fork? |
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| Posted: Jun 6, 2008 at 14:25 | Quote | hay dudes i have the RSTs to but what i do and with all forks not just mine is before jumping and in the middle of jumps is to just push your forks in and out so they keep warm and work softer because when forks get cold or unused they go stiff so just gep pumping your forks should do the job if not go for some new fors that are air filled forks so you can change the amount of presure in your forks
hope that helps |
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| Posted: Jun 6, 2008 at 22:50 | Quote | I tried to push it in and out for many times. But it doesn't work at all..Poor fork.
Especially in winter..the fork will totally become a rigid fork.it's really annoying.
You can also dismantle the fork and change a softer spring..but it seems to be too complicated.. |
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| Posted: Jun 7, 2008 at 0:04 | Quote | Do RST even make softer springs for their Gila forks? If so, where could I get them?
Will cyling the fork to get it warm just work to make if softer for that ride, or will it permenantly wear out the spring to make it softer every time? |
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| Posted: Jun 7, 2008 at 0:23 | Quote | Try turning the preload the other way, chances ae the adjustment wont work very well on this fork but if it does it could be the preload damping.
In which case turning the preload down would be stiffening the fork. |
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| Posted: Jun 7, 2008 at 3:37 | Quote | | I tried turning the preload knobs the other way, and that made it much stiffer, to the point of lockout. |
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| Posted: Jun 7, 2008 at 3:39 | Quote | | you might be able to change the springs, check with the shop you got it at |
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| Posted: Jun 7, 2008 at 3:53 | Quote | | my gila t5 seem to be alright, somtimes they go stiff but i just do a few endos and they seem 2 be alright after that. |
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| Posted: Jun 7, 2008 at 5:02 | Quote | | OK I'll see how it goes with trying your method. |
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| Posted: Jun 7, 2008 at 5:26 | Quote | | k hope it helps |
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| Posted: Jun 7, 2008 at 6:40 | Quote | | SpikeX wrote: | Do RST even make softer springs for their Gila forks? If so, where could I get them?
Will cyling the fork to get it warm just work to make if softer for that ride, or will it permenantly wear out the spring to make it softer every time? |
Much easier to buy a new and nicer one. Haha |
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| Posted: Jun 8, 2008 at 16:30 | Quote | | i got the RST launchs T7s i think the matt black ones their good forks great for beginers but not sutible for big drops like other forks and their cheap 2 about £60 i think i recomend you get some if you dont fix your problem |
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| Posted: Jun 9, 2008 at 8:08 | Quote | does any one have t8 launch?
as im gettin a saracen amolitude in a few days, and wondered what the forks are like |
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