Heavy Load Pressures

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

I hope some others out there can help with load pressures.

 

I volunteered to be Moto support for a local cycling event covering our region with our local Tour de France participant Ryder Hesjedal. I know first mistake was to volunteer but that is what I do as a hobby.

SO....... I ended up because I have the "Big Bike" taking a photographer with me..... Ok I say, had many passengers along the way.

 

Well the photographer is 270 pounds.... add a couple for his gear, so what.

 

Tire and suspension pressures ....... Max them all ???? I am 205 myself.

 

I can never remember what shock and fork pressure max is.

 

And I know.... stop volunteering

 

Thanks all

[Condor]

The fronts are 7psi, and the rear is 45psi. I fudge to 10 and 50....

Edited August 19, 2015 by Condor

[etcswjoe]

On the rev the fronts are 7psi, and the rear is 45psi. I fudge to 10 and 50....

 

OOPS, I thought the rear was 54 no wonder I was bouncing so much.

[Condor]

I often wonder about the suspension pressures. On a 1stGen's the max's are 17 in the front and 72 in the rear, and the rear never seems to fail....

[Condor]

I stand corrected. I used Clymers 'cause I can't find my OEM. Clymers sez 0-58psi, and that's close enough. Looks like it's drag out the compressor time... :-)

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

Well I set it all up hard. Took the bike to the event and found know body had been able to come up with a helmet that would fit this guys head. So I was left to patrol the 145 kilometers of the cycling course with no passenger. Rough bumpy country roads that I never knew existed and my suspention was solid. It was a good ride..... 5 hours..... some of the hills are at walking pace some are at 80 kmh (50mph). It was a blast but a long day.

[Flyinfool]

Sounds like fun.

 

How hard is it to adjust the suspension on a 2nd gen?

[SilvrT]

Sounds like fun.

 

How hard is it to adjust the suspension on a 2nd gen?

 

piece of cake as long as you have a 0-60 hand pump (like a Progressive)

[SilvrT]

I am 205 myself.

 

 

That's what happens when you eat someone else's pie as well as your own...

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

Sounds like fun.

 

How hard is it to adjust the suspension on a 2nd gen?

 

It is easy enough if you have the pump with you and the 5 minutes to do it. 1700 bicycles behind me at the start line.... no time or place to start the job.

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

That's what happens when you eat someone else's pie as well as your own...

 

I run half marathons so I CAN eat all the pie I want

[Flyinfool]

I run half marathons so I CAN eat all the pie I want

 

I'm a couch potato so I CAN eat all the pie I want.......

[SilvrT]

I run half marathons so I CAN eat all the pie I want

 

I'm a couch potato so I CAN eat all the pie I want.......

 

 

Generally I don't eat pie ... even when I do, someone tries to steal it and eat it