Adjustments; Angleset; Shock Progression - Intense Cycles M9 PRO Owner's Manual

Adjustments

AngleSet adjustable headset
M9-FRO comes standard with the revolutionary Cane Creek AngleSet headset.
You can use different angled TOP cups to produce varying degrees of head
angles. Your M9 comes with a 0° (giving you the M9's stock 64° head angle) and
a +/- .5° (giving you 64.5° or 63.5°) cup and a +/- 1.0° (giving you 63° or 65°).
Cane Creek also offers a +/- 1.5° available at your local dealer.
To remove the cup and insert a different offset cup OR turn your current cup
around:
• Loosen the head tube pinch bolt with a 5mm allen
• You should be able to pull the cup out with your fingers
• In the event your cup will not come out with fingers, worst case you might need to
lightly tap it out from below.
• Once the cup is in your desired setting, re-tighten the 5mm pinch bolt to 30 in/lbs,
just enough to snug it up.

Shock Progression

M9-FRO comes with the ability to change shock progression in addition to all
the other adjustments. There are 3 positions to make this change and they are
located on the main frame on what we call the 'backbone' . The front most shock
mount area. Your bike ships in the middle setting which is what we designed
the bike around for a perfect middle ground.
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-->To increase progression or 'steepen the shock curve:
• Use a 4mm allen wrench and a 12mm open end wrench to loosen the shock bolt
• Remove the bolt and aluminum nut
• Move shock into the bottom most setting (closest to the ground) and slide bolt
through the frame hole and shock pin itself
• Tighten shock bolt to 150 in/lbs
-->To decrease progression or 'flatten the shock curve':
• Use a 4mm allen wrench and a 12mm open end wrench to loosen the shock bolt
• Remove the bolt and aluminum nut
• Move shock into upper most setting (closest to the saddle) and slide bolt through
the frame hole and shock pin itself
• Tighten shock bolt to 150 in/lbs
Rear travel adjustments via The 'Flip Chips'
M9-FRO comes with the ability to change suspension travel to an amazing 3
different settings, all in 1/2" increments. Your bike ships with 2 sets of travel
adjustment chips, one set is offset for the 2 most extreme settings;
shortest-8.8" (top hole)
longest-9.8" (bottom hole)
The set of chips that has a bolt hole in the complete center of the chip is for
the middle travel setting which is 8.5". These chips are precision machined to
match the receiver built into the main lower link, be sure to place these chips in
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