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Not many here with an interest in trials? Wait, what! I think the whole x-trial thing is a detriment on a whole TBH, like everything else, it's gotten so extreme people can't relate, I think that's a fatal blow to sports on a whole. Exchanging ability to relate for excitement is a slippery slope. Kind like the 'motocross' thing...I had a convo with folks at work were going to watch 'motocross' they actually meant the Travis Pastrana freestyle show....had nothing to do with actual motocross racing, tried explaining this to them, but gave up...double back flips, front flips and whatever else they do these days is much more interesting than watching guys rip around a track. Back in the 70's and 80's local motocross was huge, tracks were not crazy and were approachable, but that slowly died out to the big pro events with crazy tracks and huge jumps but even the pro moto events like the one I go to yearly, Washougal, it's not quite like it was even 10 years ago....nobody is doing backflips, so the average person is not interested.

I still like watching it as I did back in the 90's with the VHS's I used to order as a kid. It's a lot more interesting than say a harescramble where guys rush off the line do their business than race back over the finish line.

Spot on. I'm new to trials riding, 3-4 months thus far, but been kinda watching and been interested in it going on 25 years. It's morphed into something I don't recognize. Exact same thing can be said for bicycle trials, std. bikes were ridden 25 years ago and we now have contraptions that look nothing like bikes. Point is, now that I've started riding I can appreciate the simpler techniques & fundamentals I actually end up going back and watching trials form the early to mid 90's which is much more relevant to what 99% of folks do. Toni Bou is fun to watch, non-moto people are amazed on Instagram, but it's at the detriment of the sport to a certain extent....when I show my GF 'normal' trials she is very underwhelmed and asks me what they are not hopping on their back wheels like the top pros....

I wasn't convinced their "screw" vs "unscrew" terminology to be correct. When you turn the preload adjuster it doesn't visibly move in or out of the fork cap. Are you in agreement with turn all the way "in" aka CW and then out from there 5 turns as a good starting point?

Posted this in the Montesa forum (since that is what I have) but since it's generic to many brands figured I'd post it here too for some more exposure. The spring preload side (left side), what is the base setting? The Manual talks about "turning" it, what direction? I pulled up the tech docs directly from Formula and it says: "Our advice is to start leaving the adjuster in middle position (you can reach the standard position by screwing it completely and unscrewing it 5 turns). After this, you can try to modify the preload, turning the governor one turn at a time, in way to feel every possible little change." My hunch is CCW is less and CW is more? Based on the paragraph above I would assume turning it CW until it stops and unscrewing it CCW by the 5 turns? Thanks!

I would think the same thing....

Stupid question - think. I have a 260 so the lower spec Tech forks. The spring preload side (left side), what is the base setting? The Manual talks about "turning" it, what direction? I pulled up the tech docs directly from Formula and it says: "Our advice is to start leaving the adjuster in middle position (you can reach the standard position by screwing it completely and unscrewing it 5 turns). After this, you can try to modify the preload, turning the governor one turn at a time, in way to feel every possible little change." My hunch is CCW is less and CW is more? Based on the paragraph above I would assume turning it CW until it stops and unscrewing it CCW by the 5 turns? Thanks!