Pivot suspension setup

Adjust your pressure and volume spacers from your own riding feedback. Shelf all the other noise, everyone has different skills and needs. I prefer an under sprung fork myself.

You’d have much better luck posting this in the suspension forum. What bike your fork is attached to, or where it’s ridden is 99.999% irrelevant.

Agree with the previous posters.
I’m 185# and prefer my forks’ pressures substantially under recommended PSI.

It’s all about feel & performance for you & the way you ride. Nothing else matters.
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like said above, but also make sure rebounds jive with each other.

daugela said:

Any locals here riding a 22' FB or a M6?

Having some issues with sag. I'm 200lbs geared. Had to lower my Float 38 to 81psi to achieve 30%. Seems awfully low for a 200 pound rider. I know the Pivot website says a rider may have to lower the psi in the fork from what Fox recommends to achieve the proper sag.

I posted this in the Pivot forum and am the anomaly. Everyone seems to have a much higher psi in the same weight range.

Thanks

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Sag is just the starting point. You need to be looking at how much travel is used, how much is left, and how aggressive you were riding/how rough the trail was.

I would assume a 38 has more air volume thus more support at lower air pressure. As mentioned above, don't get hung up on pressure and even how much travel you're using. If you're not an aggressive rider, then you're really not going to be using all your travel (if you set it too low you'll end up wallowing and hanging up on stuff in chunky sections). Find a pressure that gives you good small bump action but is still supportive in the middle. I switched to a Mezzer Pro a while a back and found what I was looking for, low initial pressure and fantastic small bump action, yet still really supportive in the middle, doesn't dive or hang up in wheel trap situations.