On The Pegs February 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 2 | Page 147

On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 1 - January 2018
P 147
RING
PRING
If you are happy with your air or regular
fork, I highly suggest you stop reading
right now and move on to something
else. Not that there is any thing wrong
with the air fork, or negitive info in this
article, you just dont need to worry
about lines, graphs and numbers, just
go ride and continue to have a great
time.
In the offroad riding/racing world
there are two major types of springs,
straight rate and progressive. Its really
not that clear cut and dry, but thats
the way the unimformed masses tend
to view it. In reality you have to look
at what’s called the force displace-
ment curve of each and every spring.
(displacement is a big word that means
distance, being the son of a recreation-
al drag racing big block chevy engine
builder, “displacement” as a kid always
meant “WINNING” to me, so if it causes
you issues, i feel ya). This is where you
map out the springs data points to a