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<blockquote data-quote="patooyee" data-source="post: 406290" data-attributes="member: 483"><p>I hypothesize that both of these were band-aids for people who never messed with valving. I did both back in my 2.0 days and both worked. But having learned a little about valving and feeling the difference it made on my current c/o's I think that both of these things can be negated with proper valving now. That is part of why I have this sudden interest in air shocks again. I strongly feel I left a lot on the table by ditching them before I messed with valving.</p><p></p><p>What tiny is, I think, insinuating, is that air shocks come severely under-valved from the factory. So the valves are doing very little in terms of dampening motion in factory form. So people use taut limiting straps to preload them as well as little shaft showing to get them to ride right on the edge of the sharp up-swing in spring rate. This is also why they tend to beat the passengers to death when this is done.</p><p></p><p>I bet with the right valving you can get an air shock to ride right at 50/50 shaft height with little to no unloading and a nice soft ride and that the shims involved in doing this will be MUCH heavier than c/o shimming on the same rig. (Due to both small rate gains at that height and frothing fluid being thinner and going through the valves more easily.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patooyee, post: 406290, member: 483"] I hypothesize that both of these were band-aids for people who never messed with valving. I did both back in my 2.0 days and both worked. But having learned a little about valving and feeling the difference it made on my current c/o's I think that both of these things can be negated with proper valving now. That is part of why I have this sudden interest in air shocks again. I strongly feel I left a lot on the table by ditching them before I messed with valving. What tiny is, I think, insinuating, is that air shocks come severely under-valved from the factory. So the valves are doing very little in terms of dampening motion in factory form. So people use taut limiting straps to preload them as well as little shaft showing to get them to ride right on the edge of the sharp up-swing in spring rate. This is also why they tend to beat the passengers to death when this is done. I bet with the right valving you can get an air shock to ride right at 50/50 shaft height with little to no unloading and a nice soft ride and that the shims involved in doing this will be MUCH heavier than c/o shimming on the same rig. (Due to both small rate gains at that height and frothing fluid being thinner and going through the valves more easily.) [/QUOTE]
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