rik o fork kit

[Deviant400]

can anyone who has bought a fork kit from rick for late type forks remember if the springs came with new spacers . as i cant remember

[micpec]

If you mean for the nc30 then it's a yes. New spacers with mines from Rick long time ago for late SPEC forks

[Deviant400]

cheers micpec , i just couldnt remember if they came with spacers for his springs , been having a few probs with my forks and set up, well i think i am anyway , when i removed the old springs i dont remember there being any spacers and thought it was odd , still got the old springs but cant find any old spacers which kind of confirms i didnt have any to take out ,
with the new springs i find im using almost all the travel , i put a zip tie on one fork just to see how much they dive and after a whizz round for a few hours the tie is about 15-20mm from the bottom yoke, (seems to be a lot of travel maybe) not sure if thats normal for the forks to dive so much ,
usually i have the preload set about halfway and rebound about halfway too, i found ive had to wind the preload all the way in pretty much to stiffen them up, just struggling to get a good balanced set up , the further in i wind them they firm up but cornering feels a bit sketchy if i wind them out cornering feels better but they feel a bit soft/divy

[magg]

There should have been spacers with the oem springs and the RO springs. Without spacers there is no preload and the front will sag a lot, using up a suspension travel just sitting there under your weight.

If, after you fit the spacers, the front still dives under brakes try turning the the damping adjuster well in. This should help control the dive at the possible expense of too much rebound damping. IMO the cartridge damping compression adjustment screw unfortunately affects both the compression and rebound. Thus it is difficult to find a setting that gives the desired level of rebound damping and control dive under brakes.

This is why I moved to a design that has independent compression and rebound damping.

[Deviant400]

magg im pretty sure now i put spacers in when i installed ricks kit (late type forks) sag is ok and not excessive , i just think maybe they always dived quite low but just didnt realise how low until i put a zip tie on to see exactly how much, i think im just gunna have to spend a good day making fine adjustments till i get it right for me, trial and error, i might wip the forks out at the weekend just check over the internals and fluid levels then make small adjustments till things settle down , ill get there