1 Front suspension travel 185mm? Sat Jul 08, 2023 9:45 pm
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Suzi Q wrote:If you shorten the spring you will stiffen it.
glennpm wrote:Suzi Q wrote:If you shorten the spring you will stiffen it.
The spring rate is the same regardless of the length unless it is a progressive rate spring.
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All I can say to that is no.glennpm wrote:Suzuki is correct.
Spring rate is force per unit length.
Cutting the spring just reduces it’s effective length. It does not change the spring rate
That means it must be stiffer......glennpm wrote:No, you have just reduced its travel.
Suzi Q wrote:If the 'it's/its' offender is me, then I 100% blame auto-correct. There are many things I can't do (including explaining spring rates) but spellink isn't really one of them.
Enjoy the popcorn
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It's the philosophy of it.Point-Seven-five wrote:So the stiffest spring is the one that has no coils left. Makes sense in a strange kind of way.
A spring is just a coiled torsion bar, so, yes both ends twist, since neither end is fixed.daveyson wrote:So if you're riding along and the spring compresses after hitting bump, does one end of the coil (or both, or neither) twist against its support?
In that regard, these springs are much easier but production using them seems rather slow.K75cster wrote:Wow them spring things are really difficult to nail down.
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