Front fork air pressure?

The Bear

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soundwave

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check which ones you have first for the max psi
https://www.sram.com/rockshox/technologies/air-guides

i always put more in as the bike is 2x the waight of a normal bike but it will depend how fat you are to how much you put in psi wise.

my fox ones go up to 200psi and have about 165 in them atm but i do change it if i would be going up the forest ect for off road use.
 

oyster

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my fork valve the pressure read 100psi. Ive increased it to 150psi for now.
Just made that exact same increase to mine (can't remember what make they are). Was finding sometimes they felt as if they were compressing a bit too much.

Had been thinking about posting a very similar question!
 

The Bear

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I can’t see me needing to adjust them often once I’ve got them set right, which kind of makes the shock pump a bit of a wasted tool once set. Unless they are known to lose pressure over time?
 

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Fat Rat

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my fox ones go up to 200psi and have about 165 in them atm but i do change it if i would be going up the forest ect for off road use.
Wow 165 psi
I run 85psi and I’m 13.5st
I get 5mm of the top of my forks (fox34) jumping table tops etc so just right for me
On the road I set the damper to medium and that works for me also

What do you run off road then ? And are you running any tokens ?
 

soundwave

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125 or 130 i like it hard with fast rebound but i should fit some tokens tbh.

he has 300 in the rear and looks more like 30 pmsl.

check out them dents in the frame ;)
 
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Fat Rat

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125 or 130 i like it hard with fast rebound but i should fit some tokens tbh.
I’m running 3 tokens it makes the fork for me anyway more bump compliant on the lighter stuff and great at taking sharp hits and heavy compressions
I sometimes think I should put another in on some occasions but mostly it’s good at 3 :)
 

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