22nd October 2024
The Mountain Trike all terrain wheelchair products offer a comfortable and safe ride over uneven terrain. This is predominately due to the unique design and use of shock absorbers which are found on mountain bikes and help absorb or dampen the compression and rebound of the springs and suspension.
If you think the suspension on your Mountain Trike all terrain wheelchair isn't providing the support and stability you need it might be that your shock absorbers need pumping up.
The shock absorbers naturally lose pressure over time, but you can simply pump it up using a Shock Pump - which can be purchased from bike shops, just search suspension shock pump.
We set the shocks to 90psi which suits most people, but you could put a bit more air in (e.g. 100-110psi) if you wanted it harder and offering more support.
See the attached downloadable instructions on how to do this.
The instructions show how to attach the shock pump to the valve, once you have done this, slide the red rubber o-ring travel indicator up to touch the shock body. This will show how much suspension travel you are using.
If you find the shock is still not offering the support you need (ie: the shock is not holding air pressure) it may mean the seal needs replacing which would have to be done by a specialist bike shock or suspension service centre. Although it is very rare this happens.
NB: Shock absorbers are provided on all Mountain Trike models as every one of our products has air suspension.
Please get in touch if you have any further questions about your Mountain Trike maintenance and we'll be happy to assist.
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