I ride mine as close to 30% sag as I can get, if you’re at 38% you need to let some air out to lower your air pressure. 19mm of sag will put you at 30%, you can also measure your eye-to-eye if it’s easier for you, you’d want to be at 211mm sagged for 30%.
Levo Gen 3 Cascade Link 2022+ Levo Long Shock Kit
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I ride mine as close to 30% sag as I can get, if you’re at 38% you need to let some air out to lower your air pressure. 19mm of sag will put you at 30%, you can also measure your eye-to-eye if it’s easier for you, you’d want to be at 211mm sagged for 30%.
Surely I need to add more pressure to get to 30% sag. Its 26mm sag at the moment and should be 19mm
You’re looking at it backwards. If your sag is too high you take air out, if it’s too low you add more air. Yours is currently too high so you’d want to let air out.
Just doing some rough calculations based on your weight you should probably start around 210psi and adjust from there. Cascade says 20-25% less air pressure, I found 25% less to work better for me when I was on an air shock.
I don't think I am. My sag is 38% at the moment. To decrease sag you need to increase air pressure. If I take air out it will sink even further into its travel and have even more sag?
Sorry dude…don’t listen to me
you’re right, I’m looking at it backwards. it’s been a long morning already and a looong time since I’ve been on an air shock.Back when I was on air I found that I needed less PSI than what the Spesh calculator suggested for the stock set-up to hit 30% sag. There’s a few bigger guys that have posted in here, if you read back through the thread there’s a few PSI settings posted.
I weigh about 100kg with my kit and I'm running a coil. I think a coil is a really good option if you decide to move away from your float X2.
Seems odd you can't get it right though.
cosas_genericas
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Curious, has anyone here run the link with a 160 instead of 170? I’ve always been on 170 air and 180 coil but lately I’m thinking the bike would ride better with a lower bottom bracket.
electricbogaloo
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Anyone tried to balance out the higher bb with a longer fork or a higher bar/stem combo? I feel like with the link the saddle feels higher and I have this feeling getting bucked more over the front of the bike compared to the stock low setting which I really don't like. Its not making me feel confident on the bike...
I run mine with a 170mm fox 38 smashpot. I run the frame in lower and use the 0 offset headset.
electricbogaloo
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I need to get more test laps in but it looks like I should have gotten the normal link that uses the stock size shock. The only downsides of the stock low setting are the pedal strikes and the battery cover taking a beating but I think I can live with that as soon as I get sturdier pedals.
cosas_genericas
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The kinematics were amazing with this kit but I couldn’t get over the bb height. You could try going back to a 160 fork if you went to a 170. Also try putting it -1 degree headset cup if you haven’t already which would lower the bb. It really bothered me once I had gotten bikes with lower bbs.
electricbogaloo
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I never tried a 160 mm fork and already ran the bike in the slackest and lowest possible setting.
I didn't do much riding on it and the setup might be improved. It's also a float x. Performance vs a x2 factory on the stock link. But I didn't notice a dramatic improvement in plushness or anything so far.
Its kinda odd that people praise this link and nobody talks about how the higher bb and steeper headbangle are noticeable. I even notice my saddle getting more in the way.
I didn't do much riding on it and the setup might be improved. It's also a float x. Performance vs a x2 factory on the stock link. But I didn't notice a dramatic improvement in plushness or anything so far.
Its kinda odd that people praise this link and nobody talks about how the higher bb and steeper headbangle are noticeable. I even notice my saddle getting more in the way.
cosas_genericas
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I ultimately sold the bike because the bb always felt too high to me and the link made it worse even though it made straight line performance 10x better.
electricbogaloo
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I lowered the dynamic bb by lowering pressure and slowing down the rebound one click from the recommendation. It feels good that way and straight lining bomb holes feels more confident but with full extension of the shock or in steep sections it doesn't feel as confident as with the stock link.
The feeling is more on the bike than in the bike. I need to ride it back to back with the stock link.
The feeling is more on the bike than in the bike. I need to ride it back to back with the stock link.
Replacing the link today, while removing the original link, I have 2 spacers dropped down and did not record where exactly they are coming from. From youtube instructions, these should be fitting on the most forward pivot, narrower side facing the bearing, could anyone confirm pls, as it looks quite weird to me, ie having a "gap" between the fixning point.
