Safety - MARIN Rift Zon Service Manual

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body. 25% sag gives a firmer ride, and 30% sag gives a plusher ride. Trial and error is
required to arrive at a setting which you are happy with. For the Rift Zone rear shock, 25%
sag is 9.5mm and 30% sag is 11.4mm.
14.3mm and 30% sag is 17.1mm.
If there is less sag than required, fit a shock pump and release air pressure. Conversely if
there is greater sag than required, fit the shock pump and increase air pressure. Repeat
the 'sag' test until the desired displacement is achieved.
Rear Suspension Set-up - Rebound Damping:
When the rear shock is being compressed, this is known as the compression stroke. As the
suspension unit recovers from compression back towards its full length, this is called the
re-bound stroke. All the shocks fitted as standard to Marin full suspension bikes have fac-
tory set compression damping, and manually adjustable rebound damping.
Rebound Damping Adjustment:
This adjustment fine-tunes the speed at which the rear wheel returns to its normal ride
height after hitting a bump. The adjuster is coloured red and is found on the rear shock. An
arrow marked slower indicates the direction to turn the dial to slow down the re-bound
speed of the suspension. To demonstrate the effect of this, turn the adjuster to its slowest
setting. Press down on the saddle to compress the suspension, then release the load. The
suspension recovers very slowly to its original position.
Repeat the above with the adjuster turned to the fastest setting and the difference will be
seen immediately the load is released. We recommend the optimum setting is to adjust the
re-bound damping to be as slow as possible, but not so slow that the normal ride height is
not recovered. On very rough terrain, if the rear of the bike becomes progressively lower
as more bumps are hit then the re-bound damping is set too slow. On the other hand if the
bike feels choppy and not plush then the re-bound damping is too fast. A bit of trial and
error is needed to get the exact setting.
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE: Always stop riding when making adjustments of any kind to
the bicycle!
Rear Shock Adjustment.
Please refer to the relevant Instruction Manual to learn more about the advanced features
of your rear shock.

4.0: SAFETY

IMPORTANT: The following are intended to be advisory notes on the safe use of your
Marin. If at any stage you are uncertain about the safety or safe operation of the bike as a
whole, or any specific component, then DO NOT RIDE YOUR Marin and instead please
consult the specific component manufacturers instruction manual or your Marin Dealer for
advice.
For the Mount Vision rear shock, 25% sag is
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6.3: REASSEMBLING THE REAR SUSPENSION.
6.3.1: CORRECT ORIENTATION OF QUAD-LINKS.
Note that both links can be assembled either way up. They MUST be orientated as shown
in fig. 6, otherwise they will touch the rear shock.
Fig.6: Quad-Link Orientation
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