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Big Chris said:
How did you manage that? Aggressive mid-ride nose picking? :p
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:p There are a few tight corners where I ride, and I forgot I had just put some 780 bars on my bike, and hit my hand on a big evil boulder thing. I managed to keep going for the rest of the ride, but oh god did it hurt!
 
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CasKirensys said:
:p There are a few tight corners where I ride, and I forgot I had just put some 780 bars on my bike, and hit my hand on a big evil boulder thing. I managed to keep going for the rest of the ride, but oh god did it hurt!
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I've caught my little finger between my bars and a tree quite a few times, enough to make a grown man cry :(
 
Got the demo finished tonight at last, I will post some pictures when I can get some in decent light. It weighed in at 38lbs which I am happy with.

It has been a few years since I have used a boxxer fork and I was surprised you cannot fine tune the sag anymore, with the medium spring I am getting 25% sag. On the rear I can get 25% to 30% depending on the preload I run. Would the best thing to do be run both the front and back at 25%?

It looks like the e13 LG1+ won't fit with a 36t chainring :( looks like I will need to run a 32t chainring.
 
I do some cycling on and off road and i have a scott aspect with hope xc hubs and mono minis and a slightly bent carrera vulcan xc disc spec.
 
dan1987 said:
Got the demo finished tonight at last, I will post some pictures when I can get some in decent light. It weighed in at 38lbs which I am happy with.

It has been a few years since I have used a boxxer fork and I was surprised you cannot fine tune the sag anymore, with the medium spring I am getting 25% sag. On the rear I can get 25% to 30% depending on the preload I run. Would the best thing to do be run both the front and back at 25%?

It looks like the e13 LG1+ won't fit with a 36t chainring :( looks like I will need to run a 32t chainring.
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I run both mine and the GF's Demos with 30% sag front and rear, 25% seems fine if you prefer it a tad firmer.

You can fine tune the sag on your Boxxer using a combination of different springs, the plastic preload spacers and your LSC. One of the big advantages of the air sprung model is being able to fine tune your spring rate.

Lastly, the LG1+ is known not to play well with the Demo frame regardless of chainring size. You'll see most Demos set up with a chain device with a bash guard(SRS+, Gamut etc), they also tend to be a little stronger which helps with the very low BB.
 
jimferno said:
I run both mine and the GF's Demos with 30% sag front and rear, 25% seems fine if you prefer it a tad firmer.

You can fine tune the sag on your Boxxer using a combination of different springs, the plastic preload spacers and your LSC. One of the big advantages of the air sprung model is being able to fine tune your spring rate.

Lastly, the LG1+ is known not to play well with the Demo frame regardless of chainring size. You'll see most Demos set up with a chain device with a bash guard(SRS+, Gamut etc), they also tend to be a little stronger which helps with the very low BB.
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Thanks for the information. The tuning guide is very unclear regarding the preload spacers - it makes it sound like their only purpose is to make sure the spring is within 14-16mm of the top of the upper tube and not to fine tune sag. I think I will have to get a soft spring and see if that puts me at 30% sag as that is what I prefer.

I think I have realised what I need to do to get my LG1+ to fit, I will give it a try tonight.
 
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