Ohlin RT guys: front wheel/tire sizes/offsets

[LSB4Me]

I was at 13” before the adjustment last week and am still at 13”, though I might go up as you suggest, Tyler. I do have subframe plates.

As others have said, the rear shock is independently adjustable for droop … and apparently available dampening stroke. Ohlins doesn’t say much about how/when to make this adjustment (my gripe above), but they were quick to suggest it over the phone and were dead on.

Attachment shows the adjustable collar on the rear shock and the lack of clarity about when to adjust, unless that’s just obvious for shops that understand droop adjustments.

[Tbonem3]

My bad, I assumed that collar/threads were there for people wanting to go with true rear coilover!

So somebody just adjusted it too short for you then Max?

[LSB4Me]

My bad, I assumed that collar/threads were there for people wanting to go with true rear coilover!

So somebody just adjusted it too short for you then Max?

All good man! I was surprised to learn about the rear shock length adjustment myself. Apparently Ohlins is one of the few that offers such a “feature”.

My rears were either lengthened out of the box or left at stock length. I can’t be sure which. I do know that my droop was excessive and that shortening the rears 10mm gave me more stroke in the rear—counterintuitive, I know—thereby giving the rear shock a chance to actually dampen impacts. At stock (or elongated) length, my rear shocks were overly compressed at rest and never stood a chance.

[Thoglan]

Apparently Ohlins is one of the few that offers such a “feature”.

I actually thought it was a good feature, means you can dial in your bump/droop without effecting the ride height which is super cool. My biggest complaint is that the same adjustment doesn't exist on the front shocks since your ride height is essentially determined by the bump/droop travel because the overall travel is so low. Would have made even more sense to have an adjustable shock body there but they chose not to for some reason.