Adjusting the suspension

If you loosen the screw as far as it will go the suspension will be blocked completely; the rear wheel will have no more suspension.

Through the thereby occurring high peak pressures in the damper the seals may wear early.

We recommend you to set the compression damping to a very low value, that means to turn the knob as far as it will go and then loosen it again by half a turn.Thus, the suspension compresses quickly when a bump occurs.

Also, when you go uphill you don't need to block the damping since the No-Squat construction by HP VELOTECHNIK avoids pedal-induced bobbing.

It only makes sense to increase compression damping when self enforcing oscillations occur or when the suspension bottoms out too often when there is no harder spring available.

Adjusting the rebound damping

The rebound damping prevents an eventual "jumping" of the rear wheel and provides a good traction. By improving the road surface contact the suspension of the Street Machine GT also increases your riding safety.

A higher damping value prolongs the time until the decompression movement is finished. Only then can the suspension compensate the next shock with the full suspension travel.

Therefore, when you ride on very bumpy streets with shocks that occur fast in a row you might want to use a lower damping value.

A good setting for maximum comfort is achieved when the rear wheel decompresses completely after a shock and then oscillates only once. In order to check the adjustment you will need a second person that compresses the suspension by pushing the bicycle down while you are sitting on the bicycle in the riding position.The other person can then observe the suspension movements.

In order to adjust the damping during decom- pression, turn the adjustment knob on top of the rear end of the suspension element.You will get the lowest damping through turning the knob clockwise as far as it will go when you look at it from above.When you unscrew it anti-clockwise the damping increases. If you unscrew the knob as far as it will go the damping is blocked and the element won't decompress after a shock anymore.

The writing on the knobs can be sometimes confusing, it is easier to remember the follo- wing:

The farther out the knob the more damping you get. Unscrew the knob as far out as it will go means that nothing moves anymore.

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