Preparations For Riding; Making Adjustments; Set Up Of Fork - MARIN Attack Trail FRS160 Service Manual

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3.0: PREPARATIONS FOR RIDING

3.1: MAKING ADJUSTMENTS:

Please refer to the specific component manufacturers
manual or published technical information about ad-
justing the components on your Marin.Instructions
may be downloaded from the relevant manufacturer's
internet site, as shown in the table to the right.
If you are uncertain in any way, about making ad-
justments to any components on you Marin, then DO
NOT RIDE YOUR BIKE. Contact your Marin dealer who
will be able to advise you on how to go about setting
up you Marin for riding, and or making adjustments
to the components fitted to your Marin.

3.2: SET UP OF FORK

Tools Required: Good Quality Shock Pump.
Please note that for the detailed instructions for servicing and all matters relating to the
fork, please refer to the manufacturers instructions.
The front fork is pre-set with a standard setting when you buy your Marin. Before riding,
you will need to adjust the sag setting on the fork. This is to ensure it is set-up correctly
for your own body weight, so the fork will perform as intended.
To set sag on a front fork, you need to measure the amount the fork compresses when you
sit on the bike in the normal riding position. We recommend for the best synergy between
front and rear suspension systems to run approximately 32mm (20%) Sag on the front
fork.
Sag on forks is controlled by adjusting the Air Spring pressure, or if you have a coil spring
fork, the rate of the coil spring inside the fork. This is not adjustable, and requires the fork
to be rebuilt with a different spring. Please consult your Marin Dealer for more information.
Rebound Damping adjustment:
This adjustment fine-tunes the speed at which the wheel returns to its normal ride height
after hitting a bump. To demonstrate the effect of this function, turn the adjuster to its
slowest setting. Press down on the handlebars to compress the forks, 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 front or 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
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LGAF 3 compound Castrol Optimol T to the link contact surfaces on the Main
Frame and Swinging Arm.
Loctite 638 & SKF LGAF3 can be purchased from Brammer Ltd www.brammer.co.uk
Castrol Optimol T can be purchased from Motobins www.motobins.co.uk
Molycote 111 can be purchased from Sil-Mid Ltd www.silmid.com
6.3: REASSEMBLING THE REAR SUSPENSION.
6.3.1: CORRECT ORIENTATION OF FRONT AND REAR QUAD-LINKS.
Note that both of the links MUST be orientated as shown, otherwise they will touch the rear
shock.
Front Link (4)
Rear Link (5)
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Fig.5: Quad-Link Orientation
Through hole is offset away
from down-tube on front
triangle (6)