wheel travel ques??

[GPRSDLYT]

how exactly do you calculate wheel travel? is it taking one wheel and going from full extension to compression??
just wondering....
thx
-g

 

[CheapXJ]

that's pretty much the gist of it.

 

[GPRSDLYT]

thx cheapxj
what would be the "scale"?
0"-5" =good?
-g

 

[awr94903]

what is the relation between wheel travel in shock travel (how much more does the wheel move than the shock?

 

[awr94903]

if the axle is looked at as an arm, what is the point of rotation?

 

[Goatman]

You have two different wheel travel measurements. One is how much the axle moves as the whole suspension cycles up and down, like when driving on a road and hitting bumps. The other is actual wheel movement when articulating, one wheel drooped and the other stuffed. This can be a little different than axle travel because the axle is at an angle and the wheel is outside of the rest of the suspension components.

Shock travel is usually a little different than suspension, or axle, travel since most shocks are at some kind of an angle relative to the axle.