{"id":16983,"date":"2017-03-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2017\/03\/14\/video-how-to-set-mountain-bike-suspension-sag-r6261\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:06:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:06:13","slug":"video-how-to-set-mountain-bike-suspension-sag-r6261","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/video-how-to-set-mountain-bike-suspension-sag-r6261\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: How to set mountain bike suspension sag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For mountain bike suspension to work best, it needs to be correctly calibrated for the rider&#8217;s weight and their intended riding style. In this video, Steve Bowman goes through the process of setting sag on the fork and shock for cross-country and marathon bikes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BQpVch4zLLQ?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The only tool you will need to set the sag on an air fork and shock is a shock pump.<\/p>\n<p>Fox usually recommend 15-20% sag on their short travel 32 model forks for a plush feel. Steve, however, has found that more race-minded South African riders often prefer a firmer feel. This is why he suggests a 10 mm fork sag measurement in the instructional video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For mountain bike suspension to work best, it needs to be correctly calibrated for the rider&#8217;s weight and their intended riding style. In this video, Steve Bowman goes through the process of setting sag on the fork and shock for cross-country and marathon bikes. The only tool you will need to set the sag on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1608,160,275,68,1609,1358],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-promotions","tag-fork","tag-fox","tag-fox-suspension","tag-omnico","tag-shock","tag-steve-bowman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16983"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}