Recent content by Davall

Ok thanks. Fingers crossed for some improvement after further use then, a point others have made too, though I really can't see it softening up by much. Time will tell.

:D Clever....I really like that!

DP, presumably you're referring here to the finger adjuster on the top of the left hand fork leg, rather than any adjustment using a tool? i.e. the thing which is marked PRELOAD and with a +/- indication? If so, most of us seem to ride with this in its fully softest setting (but which is...

I guess as a lecturer, people paying attention must come as something of a novelty to you... :D

In post #26 of this thread, you told us how you "take great care not to get hurt, nor to hurt any other creature". It must sting a bit when you shoot 'em though... ;) :D

Thanks James and NRG - much obliged.

Interesting. The return spring on mine seems quite vicious the way it snaps the cable back when I depress the blue lever. If I adjust it any looser though, I cannot achieve the lock-out position with the pink lever, so I think the cable must be set correctly. May I ask from which...

Indeed I did just that on Friday. They state the preload range from one extreme to the other is only 10% and agree that the ProConnect S fork is considerably firmer than a mountain bike fork. They are putting this to RST who make the item, to see whether they produce anything softer and more...

Lemmy, I don't like to trust a single rear lamp, because it could blow without you realising it, so I like to supplement it with a second standalone unit. I recently bought a backup pair of LED lamps, for front and rear, including batteries, for around a fiver for the pair from Tesco. On...

Thanks for the Slime advice above. Puncture patched (actually punctures - a sharp flint removed from the tyre had holed the tube in not one but two adjacent places.... and yes I found that out the hard way...:) ) Second hole fixed and back on the road again. Dynamic Position - thanks for...

1122 - thank you.

Yes please. Punctured today after just 28 miles since new. Even if I can find a pump with Woods adaptor in my garage, it will probably have gone rotten, having last been used over 20 years ago! .

This bike is trying me! Thanks Hugh, good to hear from you. That confirms my suspicion that it's just a poor quality fork on the Pro Connect S. Let's just say that clocking the "made in China" label on my fork came as no surprise. Lugging all that extra weight around for next to no gain...

Agreed flecc. A good fork should offer adequate damping across its adjustable range from soft to firm. Indeed. The suppliers read and participate in this forum. I can't tell them anything that they won't already have seen here, and I deduce that they already know how firm and unyielding...

Thanks chaps. I suspect Flecc is right, maybe a few miles might loosen it up a little. I don't particularly subscribe to the thinking on high speed instability with softer forks though. I've flown down some Alpine hills at prolonged high speeds on my much softer Rock-Shox fork with no...