adjusting suspension forks

geepeetee said:

Hi

I have nearly finished building a swb recumbent based on a 20" wheel mtb.
This was to suit a child about 8 years old, the front forks are a little
soft (probably made to suit a childs weight) is there any way to stiffen
them up a bit by stripping them down and replacing or packing the springs.

Give it time and they'll just rust solid. That should take care of
excessive bounce (worked wonders on my MTB).

...d

geepeetee said:

Hi

I have nearly finished building a swb recumbent based on a 20" wheel mtb.
This was to suit a child about 8 years old, the front forks are a little
soft (probably made to suit a childs weight) is there any way to stiffen
them up a bit by stripping them down and replacing or packing the springs.

thanks

Gary

Depends on the type of forks you've used. If they use elastomers, you
may be able to find some stiffer ones, if they have coil springs you
should be able to either fit stiffer springs or adjust the compression
settings or they may be air based and you should be able to increase
the internal pressure. Then again they're really cheap forks with no
way of adjusting stiffness and then you're screwed.

Laters,

Marz

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geepeetee said:

Hi

I have nearly finished building a swb recumbent based on a 20" wheel

mtb.

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Quoted message said:

This was to suit a child about 8 years old, the front forks are a little
soft (probably made to suit a childs weight) is there any way to stiffen
them up a bit by stripping them down and replacing or packing the

springs.

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Quoted message said:

thanks

Gary

Depends on the type of forks you've used. If they use elastomers, you
may be able to find some stiffer ones, if they have coil springs you
should be able to either fit stiffer springs or adjust the compression
settings or they may be air based and you should be able to increase
the internal pressure. Then again they're really cheap forks with no
way of adjusting stiffness and then you're screwed.

Laters,

Marz

If they have springs fitted you can use washers inserted into the tube to
stiffen them up. i.e. remove spring, insert washers the same diameter as the
spring, re-insert spring and there you have it a more compressed spring.

cheers
Jon_H