I have just bought a Marin wolf ridge 1999 it has a 450 2.30 spring I will not be doing any jumps as I am using the bike as part of a physio programme to sort my knee out.
The reason I went for a full suspension is I broke my back in 3 places so full of titanium and using my hard tail jars my back waiting on another operation to sort that .
I am 93 kilos 5ft11inches tall I need to do a minimum of 40 min of cycling a day to sort my knee out.
Would any one have a good guide on setting up the rear shock .
I only had the bike yesterday took it out for 20 min and found it was way easier on my back.
Also is it worth doing a service on the forks they are Manitou Xvert forks .
Or fit a set of modern forks I have spare
as its Its a 27 speed I am thinking to convert it to a 11 speed as I also have most of the bits there to do it and it is flatish 450 acre country park I use it on .
The decals are shot and really spoil the look of the bike as most of the paint is good any idea where I could get a set i can only find generL Marin decal's on ebay
Gerry
The reason I went for a full suspension is I broke my back in 3 places so full of titanium and using my hard tail jars my back waiting on another operation to sort that .
I am 93 kilos 5ft11inches tall I need to do a minimum of 40 min of cycling a day to sort my knee out.
Would any one have a good guide on setting up the rear shock .
I only had the bike yesterday took it out for 20 min and found it was way easier on my back.
Also is it worth doing a service on the forks they are Manitou Xvert forks .
Or fit a set of modern forks I have spare
as its Its a 27 speed I am thinking to convert it to a 11 speed as I also have most of the bits there to do it and it is flatish 450 acre country park I use it on .
The decals are shot and really spoil the look of the bike as most of the paint is good any idea where I could get a set i can only find generL Marin decal's on ebay
Gerry