Before
choosing a good shock absorber for a bike, we must first understand what the
shock absorbers exactly do. The shock absorbers are designed to perform in
accord with the spring to keep the contact patch of the tyres on the racing
surface. When ever there is a bump, the sock absorber compresses and help in
controlling the balance of the bike's wheels and also prevent the overshoot,
and in return, the shock absorber assist to absorb the energy stored in the
spring. To the "mechanical grip", the most important contributor
is a good "shock absorber control". Here, the meaning of
mechanical grip is to keep the tyre patch as much as possible in contact
with the racing surface. It is the function of the shock absorber to reduce
that excitement.
The shock absorbers additionally provide extra balance to the bikes along
with the shock absorbing function. But, this balance can be obtained
optimally, if there is a match exist between the rear and front shock
absorbers of a given bike. If there is a worm front fork in the bike and a
new shock absorber is also fitted in the bike along with a fresh spring then
this bike will almost certainly end up front heavy. The front forks will get
a steep angle from a high rear end and a low front. This causes quick and
little bit nervous steering, especially when braking hard. Another thing
that may happen that the rider may also feel a tendency of the bike to over
steer.
Bike shock absorbers are usually suitable for the force and mass imposed in
a car. When the shift travel of the shock absorber of bike matches with the
suspension travel by the use of properly calculated motion ratios, the
excellent results can be achieved from these calculated motion ratios. These
good results are obtained as long as the damping rates can be matched to the
application.
Another kind of new bike shock absorbers have been introduced in the market
with intense initial compression damping. This intense initial compression
damping obstructs the power of the rider's pedal pressure. This is possible
by dispersing the total pedal pressure in the spring and hence causing the
bike to bob up and down, when the bike is pedaled.
The mountain bike shock absorbers are designed in such a way so that these
can allow the riders and the bikes to avoid leaps from cliffs. These shock
absorbers work along with the springs and the combination of shock absorber
and springs represents a real sock absorbing system.
