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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 06:43 PM
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what does bottoming out mean? Is it the shock traveling its full range of movement? Or the frame components colliding, like the swingarm against the frame? Or both
 
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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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You are priddy close. This is the full extent of the shocks extention or compression, but hitting hard. Like hitting a hole in the road and the shocks compress hard to the end.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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it's usally the shocks bottom out, but not the swing arm to the frame or frame to road
 
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Old Oct 21, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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I thought it meant " I need another BEER".
 
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Old Oct 21, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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Bottoming out is full compression, meaning the rest is no more dampening. And bottom a shock out hard enough repeatedly over it will get damaged over time.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 03:44 AM
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How much do you weigh ? You might need to set your shocks to max and get heavier fork springs.
 
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Bottoming out can also occur when shorter shocks are installed or the bike is overloaded. Slammed looks cool, but it's not always that comfortable.
 
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