Last night I was depressed with the sag in my rear shock. It was causing problems with bottoming out the shock, chain management issues and poor gear shifting. Tonight I decided to move the rear shock mounts from underneath the swing arm to the top of the swing arm. My hope was to raise the back of the bike and create some more clearance so I wouldn't bottom out the shock. What happened was the angle of the shock changed from almost straight up and down to a lower angle. The shock works perfectly now. Obviously these shocks are designed to work on an angle instead of straight up and down. Another lesson learned!
The seat is quite a bit higher now, but it feels really good and the shock works as it should. I have a lot more confidence now that I will make it through the ride portion of the race with the bike working as it is now.
I do need to add some epoxy and CF to the bottom bracket, it isn't strong enough yet. I will work on that tomorrow night. Things are on track for Saturday, with no spare time for any more problems.....I know they are coming anyway!!
Oh yeah, I think the name of this monster will be "Mad Max". I am thinking I should mount a machine gun on the front!
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