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Boozzz

Discussion Starter · Dec 21, 2005

Hey all,
I've got another Lefty question again

I've got a new Lefty Max SPV 140mm with a black steel spring for my Prophet SL, and it's too stiff. I weigh around 85 kg (187 lbs), and I get just over 2 cm of sag with minimum preload and the SPV volume turned all the way out. I've also got an older Lefty Max TPC+ 120mm with a blue titanium spring, which is just a tiny bit too soft for me (without preload), as I get around 3,5 cm sag on that one. I've tried putting the titanium spring in the SPV fork, and I got 3 cm of sag, not quite enough I think.
Does anyone know which steel spring is similar in weight to the pre-2004 titanium blue spring? Because I'm not sure which (steel) spring to get for my SPV Lefty, the red or blue one.

Thanks!

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damion

· #2 · Dec 21, 2005

All this info is on the Dale site.

Boozzz said:
Hey all,
I've got another Lefty question again I've got a new Lefty Max SPV 140mm with a black steel spring for my Prophet SL, and it's too stiff. I weigh around 85 kg (187 lbs), and I get just over 2 cm of sag with minimum preload and the SPV volume turned all the way out. I've also got an older Lefty Max TPC+ 120mm with a blue titanium spring, which is just a tiny bit too soft for me (without preload), as I get around 3,5 cm sag on that one. I've tried putting the titanium spring in the SPV fork, and I got 3 cm of sag, not quite enough I think.
Does anyone know which steel spring is similar in weight to the pre-2004 titanium blue spring? Because I'm not sure which (steel) spring to get for my SPV Lefty, the red or blue one.

Thanks!

With a liittle looking, I dug it up. You are lucky. I was going to just tell you to look it up.

http://www.cannondale.com/Asset/iu_files/117105_OMS_Lefty_MAX_140_EN_web.pdf

This says RED for a rider 170-189, so you will have to add some preload spacers, but that is no big deal.

KF213/RED for the steel spring
KF214/RED for the Ti spring of the same rate.

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Boozzz

Discussion Starter · #3 · Dec 22, 2005

Hey Damion,
Yeah, I know about that. You didn't need to look it up for me. I was just wondering if anyone had some experience about the spring colour Cannondale suggests for a certain rider weight being too firm in the SPV fork. I thought I read somewhere that someone was using a green spring, while according to the Cannondale chart he should be on a blue.

Still, I don't know which current spring matches the weight of the old blue titanium spring. I'm guessing red, and if that's so, it's too stiff for my tastes.

But, thanks anyway

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MendonCycleSmith

· #4 · Dec 22, 2005

Boozzz said:
Hey Damion,
Yeah, I know about that. You didn't need to look it up for me. I was just wondering if anyone had some experience about the spring colour Cannondale suggests for a certain rider weight being too firm in the SPV fork. I thought I read somewhere that someone was using a green spring, while according to the Cannondale chart he should be on a blue.

Still, I don't know which current spring matches the weight of the old blue titanium spring. I'm guessing red, and if that's so, it's too stiff for my tastes.

But, thanks anyway

The Steel and Ti springs have different characteristics, so it's tough to compare them to each other. If you are looking at steel, stick with steel for comparitive sake. If the black is too heavy, your ly option would be going back down one, (as if this weren't obvious). The steel ones are cheap enough, I would just do that. All this said though, the TPC adds a different dimension to the fork, entirely. It makes it feel more dead, and reduces small bump compliance. This will make spring rate harder to determine, based on trail feel, not sag though. Hmm, have I really added anything here? =

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Dan Gerous

· #5 · Dec 22, 2005

Boozzz said:
Hey Damion,
Yeah, I know about that. You didn't need to look it up for me. I was just wondering if anyone had some experience about the spring colour Cannondale suggests for a certain rider weight being too firm in the SPV fork. I thought I read somewhere that someone was using a green spring, while according to the Cannondale chart he should be on a blue.

Still, I don't know which current spring matches the weight of the old blue titanium spring. I'm guessing red, and if that's so, it's too stiff for my tastes.

But, thanks anyway

You are not alone. My bike came with the stock spring for a medium and I thought I would have to fully preload it (according to Cannondale, at my weight, I'm at the end of that spring) but I had to set it to minimum preload to make it nice (which it really is). And I won't talk about the Swinger, it was even worse!

Maybe I just lost some weight.

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Boozzz

Discussion Starter · #6 · Dec 22, 2005

Thanks guys, I'll try a red spring then and keep the black as a backup in case I gain some extra weight during Christmas time. Uhh, pure muscle of course

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Dan Gerous

· #7 · Dec 22, 2005

Boozzz said:
Thanks guys, I'll try a red spring then and keep the black as a backup in case I gain some extra weight during Christmas time. Uhh, pure muscle of course

Ha Ha
I, like a northern animal, gain weight on purpose to stay warm in the winter!

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