Guys, I have a Stoic 4, and my friends told me to do a suspension drop test and I did, but when the bike touches the ground, it jumps and gets stuck, I wanted to know if this is normal.
by Ok-Republic-2118
Guys, I have a Stoic 4, and my friends told me to do a suspension drop test and I did, but when the bike touches the ground, it jumps and gets stuck, I wanted to know if this is normal.
by Ok-Republic-2118
4 Comments
Rebound too fast
You’re looking mostly at damping. In order to prevent compressed energy from going back up at you, some amount of wheel vertical speed is slowed intentionally by converting that energy to heat waste.
Add in a dash of static friction when changing up vs down that telescopic forks are known for, and you have yourself a normal fork.
Despite all the jumps and such, the idea of suspension is to stay in touch with the ground.
You should see the independent oil coolers on desert racing trucks!
It’s a stupid and useless test as it says nothing about the suspension performance with you on the bike.
Nevertheless, if you want it to look good on camera, reduce the tyre pressure. Thank me later.
Drop tests are pointless. The bike suspension is designed around much more weight on it.