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How do you put more air in a Rock Shock Pike?
Shock-pump meets valve on the top of the NDS fork leg. Unscrew the cap to get access to it.
Should you?
If you are getting too much sag, bottom outs and general sluggishness that can't be fixed by tuning the rebound, yes. Follow the instructions to set the sag with the O-ring on the DS leg.
Also, what's the teeny allen key that pulls out of the bottom of one leg all about?
When you turn the allen key it sets high speed rebound rate - turn towards the hare and it rebounds quicker, towards the tortoise and it rebounds slower...I think the allen key is used to take one of the dials off for maintenance, but I can't remember which.
Suspension is cray complicated - but it's a revelation when its running sweet.
Also: Pikes are rad. But heavy. But rad.
The two dials on the top of the DS leg are useful...the little one sets high speed compression when the fork is in 'Descend'... but you might just have one which means you just get pre-set descend, trail and climb settings.
Howard-
Thanks dude.
I don't have the biek in front of me but from memory the top of the NDS leg has a travel / height adjustment dial, but no obvs valve and the DS has a big lockout knob with a little dinky aluminium one on top, is that high speed compression?
Heavy doesn't really describe the bike, I can barely lift the bugger. Goes well down hill but ain't half hard going up.
Hefty
How do you put more air in a Rock Shock Pike?
Should you?
Also, what's the teeny allen key that pulls out of the bottom of one leg all about?
Road bieks are not this complicated.