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Can someone in the 160 lb. range tell me what air pressure has worked well for you? I couldn't find any guidance in the manual on a suggested starting point for adjusting the compression air pressure for models that do not have the SPV feature.

2006 R7 100 mm Super, with lockout
 
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jdave5917 said:
Can someone in the 160 lb. range tell me what air pressure has worked well for you? I couldn't find any guidance in the manual on a suggested starting point for adjusting the compression air pressure for models that do not have the SPV feature.

2006 R7 100 mm Super, with lockout
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Start at 50% of your body weight and then see how that works. Dial up or down depending on your own preference. I have the R7 Platinum have both air chambers set at half my weight and that works for me and where I ride.
 
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dfioc said:
Start at 50% of your body weight and then see how that works. Dial up or down depending on your own preference. I have the R7 Platinum have both air chambers set at half my weight and that works for me and where I ride.
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Yeah, thats about where i have mine set too(half of body weight in each).
 
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thanks. When you mention "both air chambers" are you saying that you have air in both sides? My Super only has air on the left side which I thought was pretty much standard. If you do have two air chambers and I only have on one, wouldn't that make a difference in the setting that I need?
 
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norm said:
I think he means half the body weight in the SPV chamber and half the body weight in the air chamber. Both require air.
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Yeah, the Platinum has two chambers, the SPV and the regular air. It's truly a "set it and forget it" type fork which I love as it adapts perfectly to my local conditions with little bop when braking or when I'm out of the saddle. Plus, it's light and strong as hell.
 
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dfioc said:
Start at 50% of your body weight and then see how that works. Dial up or down depending on your own preference. I have the R7 Platinum have both air chambers set at half my weight and that works for me and where I ride.
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I just installed an '06 R7 Platinum 100mm and set it up pretty much just like you described. Hopefully I'll get a testride in tomorrow. Would you say that your's is setup heavy on the pedalling platform? Lose any small bump compliance? I weigh 190lb.
 
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ewarnerusa said:
I just installed an '06 R7 Platinum 100mm and set it up pretty much just like you described. Hopefully I'll get a testride in tomorrow. Would you say that your's is setup heavy on the pedalling platform? Lose any small bump compliance? I weigh 190lb.
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No, the way I have it works for me. Sucks up everything except for the biggest bumps with ease and still rocket fast.
 
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Best bet is to set the sag like on any other fork and adjust rebound, etc. afterward.

I'm in the 160 lb. range on the SPV version. I run mine around 65 -70 psi in the spring and about 60 psi in the SPV. If your fork is new, you may find lower pressures may be needed.
 
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Mine is used, new to me. I have 95 psi in the main spring which is ironically 50% of my weight of 190 lb, came out right at 17mm sag. I came up with this before I found any advice for setting it at 50% body weight. I have the SPV chamber at 90 psi so I can see what it feels like. The manual recommendations would be 67-95psi for me.
 
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I weigh 160 and have a 2006 R7 Comp (100mm) that I'm still tweaking (just got it 2 weeks ago), but seem to be settling in somewhere between 90 and 100psi for general XC riding. I started at 120psi and worked my way down. At 120psi I was only using about 60mm of travel. At around 90 it starts feeling kind of soft to me.
 
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