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Originally Posted by Rogue
Nope, I'm completely correct, and you are completely mistaken.
The springs are not adjustable, they have a fixed resistance to compression.
When you screw in the adjusters, or unscrew them, all you are doing is moving the part of the fork cap which presses on the top of the spring up or down.
In effect, shortening or lengthening the fork leg.
screw the adjuster in - fork leg internally is shorter, therefore whole fork leg extends further out of the lower leg. And vice versa.
The resistance to compression of a spring does NOT change with how far it is compressed.
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Read the bold print above. When you press on the spring (add more preload), you in effect shorten it, or compress it and vice versa. This in no way changes the length of the fork. It does, however, change the amount of distance the fork initially travels when the bike is hold it's own weight, and that of the rider, while the bike is at a stand still. Think of this the same way you set the preload on the rear shock. You are not changing the length of the shock. You are compressing or uncompressing the spring. The length of the shock remains the same, only the initial distance the shock shaft can travel changes.
i am not trying to argue, just making a point becauseit seems to me the ends of the fork are in a fixed position, the for cap being screwed to the upper part of the leg which is held in the upper triple tree, and an the bottom of the fok spring, which rests in the bottom of the fork leg.