Assault shock set up.

[ggcustoms]

Picked up a new sled this weekend (yip-the F-ee!). It's a 3" Assault and I've never had clickers or needles before and am looking for the best overall set up if anyone has had experience with that. I ride pretty hard and I like to do a little bit of everything and was planning on just running everything around mid-stiffness but would it be better to add a little more preload to the RTS and a little softer on the FTS? Would that in theory trench less and help it get up on the snow better?
TIA
Dylan

 

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Getting a sled to do everything well take a lot of compromise. Getting a sled to get up on snow quickly requires spreading weight (pressure per square inch) very evenly on the total snow contact area while maintaining a rather shallow track approach angle. When riding aggressively it is very tempting to load the rear track shock. Doing that plants the skis more and can result in a sled that wants to dive and even seem tippy as one of the skis will usually break through first. I have found that adding pressure to the rear shock only enough to avoid crunching bottom on big hits and adding a proportional amount to the front track shock works much better when getting into the deep. There are even times when putting a little more into the ski shocks is needed. Balance is the key and as you add more pressure into all suspension components it becomes more difficult to have a sled that is compliant enough to perform well in bottomless conditions