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**Nanci** · 03-29-2006, 08:20 AM

The shock pump is pretty easy to use. You need it for the rear shock. Once you have one, it's amazing how much you needed it and didn't know...

The brakes manufacturer's website should have an owner's manual for them. My brakes are mechanical, so I never had to mess around with hydraulics.

All my friends and BF that have the chain cleaner thing that you run the chain through swear by it.

Nanci

**madisongrrl** · 03-29-2006, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Nanci

The shock pump is pretty easy to use. You need it for the rear shock.

Nanci

Don't you mean front shock? Am I going to have to pump up my rear shock also? I'm going to have to download all the manuals for my new bike.....Man, I have so many bells and whistles on my new Trek, it's gonna take a month to learn how to set everything up!

**SadieKate** · 03-29-2006, 08:35 AM

You can need a pump for both the fork and the rear shock. The same one should work for both. Download the manuals for each and read the recommendations for settings based on rider weight.

**Nanci** · 03-29-2006, 08:42 AM

It's easy! You'll be fine! I'm sure the LBS guys would be happy to give you a lesson on the shock pump if you need them to. Like SK says, the manufacturer's site for the shocks will have a chart for psi based on rider weight. It's not complicated at all.

Nanci

**madisongrrl** · 03-29-2006, 10:08 AM

I don't know that I'm worried about the shock pump itself and setting the shocks up for my weight. (My bro has a shock pump and is going to give me a lesson). It is all the rebound settings and compressions settings...and the remote control. It's a lot of crap to deal with! But, I guess I paid for it, so I better learn to use it. Racing season is a month away and I feel like I don't have that much time to dial in my bike or learn how to best use all those settings. It was so much easier with a hardtail! But my back and shoulders will thank me.

http://www2.trekbikes.com/bikes/bike...d=1166600&f=14

**SadieKate** · 03-29-2006, 10:14 AM

Take a deep breath. The compression and rebound settings apply to your fork whether it is on a hardtail or an FS. Once you get these dialed in you can leave it alone. You can probably get really close riding on and off curbs in your neighborhood.

Is the remote control for a lockout on the fork and rear shock? Ignore it. It's just one extra complexity that isn't really critical to the ride. Test it out when you feel comfortable.

**madisongrrl** · 03-29-2006, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by SadieKate

Take a deep breath. The compression and rebound settings apply to your fork whether it is on a hardtail or an FS.

Not on my old hardtail....The front shock was so simple....All it had was a nob that you tighten or loosen arbitrarily...you couldn't lock anything out or set anything to your weight (no air shock). It was a pathetic excuse for a front suspension fork. I don't know if they even make shocks like that anymore, do they? Maybe on lower end bikes?

The guy at the bike shop said I have 3 settings I need to dial in blah, blah, etc. So I guess I'm gonna have to download all those manuals and have a reading session this weekend. I would really like to take it off road to dial in all this suspension crap, but in WI the trails don't open until May. Bummer.

Remote
http://www.sram.com/en/rockshox/cont...loc/poploc.php
Rear
http://www.sram.com/en/rockshox/moun...ks/mc/mc3r.php
Front
http://www.sram.com/en/rockshox/moun.../reba/team.php

Thanks for all the advice gals,

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