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Re: how does upgrading forks affect the ride?



 > small bumps and way overdamped on hard bumps. Cartridge forks work completely
 > differently to give different damping rates for "small" versus "large" bumps.
 > The emulators do the same thing. The preload on the emulators is used to
 > control when the system "breaks over" from "small bump" to "large bump"
 > operation. Oil weight and hole size have a large effect on this, too. The

so does that mean that if i have a problem with being jolted hard
when hitting pavement brakes, or small areas of raised patch pavement,
that the emulator might help by absorbing that bigger bump more easily?

(i'm relatively light -- around 150.)

paul
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  paul fox, pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (arlington, ma, where it's 35.8 degrees)
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