RockShox debonair setup

[Kentrider]

Trying to set up my shock and forks on my 2019 Turbo Levo comp, and even on Specialized site it doesn’t make sense (to me). I’ve got the sag bang on, but it says for the shock 2 clicks of rebound, is there a compression for the shock? Or is that the lock out leaver?

Forks, it’s says I need 6 clicks of compression but there is only 5 and no mention of rebound.... any ideas?

Thanks

 

[R120]

RockShox Setup Guide | SRAM

 

[Kentrider]

RockShox Setup Guide | SRAM

again tho, no mention of compression.... and its also very different to the specialized outcome. if i was to use this guide my sag would be out and too soft.

 

[khorn]

again tho, no mention of compression.... and its also very different to the specialized outcome. if i was to use this guide my sag would be out and too soft.

Do yourself a favor and drop those guides and setup your suspension based on your personal preferences. Guides are just guides and not 2 riders prefer the same setup.

Karsten

 

[Kentrider]

Do yourself a favor and drop those guides and setup your suspension based on your personal preferences. Guides are just guides and not 2 riders prefer the same setup.

Karsten

i will be once i can get out and ride but, the specialized guide has the sag bang on.... Is there a compression on the rear tho and why do they say 6 clicks of compression on the forks when there only 5?

 

[R120]

This thread should help, it has links to the best info out there to help you set up a bike - a lot of it is preference, but this should help you get to a good baseline

Suspension set-up guides and info - EMTB Forums

 

[Mikerb]

Trying to set up my shock and forks on my 2019 Turbo Levo comp, and even on Specialized site it doesn’t make sense (to me). I’ve got the sag bang on, but it says for the shock 2 clicks of rebound, is there a compression for the shock? Or is that the lock out leaver?

Forks, it’s says I need 6 clicks of compression but there is only 5 and no mention of rebound.... any ideas?

Thanks

Can you show us what you are reading...it does sound to me that you are confusing compression with rebound.
On the fork if you have the sag set OK than the rebound is on the bottom of the RH fork leg. Anti clockwise for the fastest rebound...…...clockwise for the slowest...…….and there are a bout 15 clicks from memory. I have mine set 6 clicks clockwise from the fully anti clockwise position. The compression adjuster is on the top of the right hand fork leg and has 5 positions. Mine is fully open ( fully anti clockwise) all the time.
On the shock the lever is the compression setting. It has only 2 positions..open and closed....again I have mine open all the time. Rebound is the blue dial. Same as the fork...fully anticlockwise is fast.....fully clockwise is slow...and there are several clicks between the 2 extremes. Mine is set 6 clockwise from the fully anti clockwise position.

As above I have never experienced any need to set fork or shock compression at anything other than open.
Rebound settings for fork and shock are down to how you want the bike to feel on the type of terrain you ride and the typical recommended method for the fork is to at least set sufficient rebound to stop the front end skipping. That done by using your weight to compress the fork via the bars and suddenly removing that weight, and noting whether or not the tyre bounces off the track surface.....increase rebound until it does not. A method to set Rebound for the shock is to ride sitting slowly off a roadside kerb and get someone else to watch the shock movement. Shock compression and release, then settling rather than oscillating again is the recommended fastest rebound setting. Whether or not you want it a little slower than that is up to you but if you set is too slow the shock could stack ( not have time to recover from one compression before it is compressed again).

 

[HikerDave]

Can you show us what you are reading...it does sound to me that you are confusing compression with rebound.
On the fork if you have the sag set OK than the rebound is on the bottom of the RH fork leg. Anti clockwise for the fastest rebound...…...clockwise for the slowest...…….and there are a bout 15 clicks from memory. I have mine set 6 clicks clockwise from the fully anti clockwise position. The compression adjuster is on the top of the right hand fork leg and has 5 positions. Mine is fully open ( fully anti clockwise) all the time.
On the shock the lever is the compression setting. It has only 2 positions..open and closed....again I have mine open all the time. Rebound is the blue dial. Same as the fork...fully anticlockwise is fast.....fully clockwise is slow...and there are several clicks between the 2 extremes. Mine is set 6 clockwise from the fully anti clockwise position.

As above I have never experienced any need to set fork or shock compression at anything other than open.
Rebound settings for fork and shock are down to how you want the bike to feel on the type of terrain you ride and the typical recommended method for the fork is to at least set sufficient rebound to stop the front end skipping. That done by using your weight to compress the fork via the bars and suddenly removing that weight, and noting whether or not the tyre bounces off the track surface.....increase rebound until it does not. A method to set Rebound for the shock is to ride sitting slowly off a roadside kerb and get someone else to watch the shock movement. Shock compression and release, then settling rather than oscillating again is the recommended fastest rebound setting. Whether or not you want it a little slower than that is up to you but if you set is too slow the shock could stack ( not have time to recover from one compression before it is compressed again).

I like the shock rebound set a little faster than what you describe but that may be because my shock doesn’t have separate low-speed and high-speed rebound settings; I seem to get better climbing traction in the rough that way and descending is still good. I’m not talking about a big change; just one or maybe two clicks.

 

[Mikerb]

Fair enough. I slowed mine down a bit because it was popping on the ramps of the downhill runs I do.

 

[HikerDave]

Fair enough. I slowed mine down a bit because it was popping on the ramps of the downhill runs I do.

Good point. From your starting point we adjusted in different directions because we ride differently under different conditions.

 

[Mikerb]

I have done 220 miles on my Comp and have probably changed my suspdnsion settings 3 times to the point that I now feel the bike is working well. What seems to be working for me is just short of 35% fork sag with fairly fast rebound....faster than the shock. Slightly less sag on the shock and rebound slower than the fork. The suspension feels plush and I just about use full travel on both on my normal trails. I have the original tyres run with tubes 26 front 28 rear. Overall I am given the impression it is easy to set the bike up too hard. I am 77kg /182cm so possibly lighter than average.