Sounds about right, although I went to college at Ohio U in Athens where the wind was not an issue. But I remember that it was a major factor riding our old one-speed fat-tire bikes on country roads up in Wood Co. Sometimes you could barely make headway into the wind, and I wonder how we played HS baseball at all in those windy spring conditions.

 

Throwing a curve ball wasn't any problem, was it? Could you do like 90 with the wind to your back? Kind of have to tack back and forth when pedaling into the wind, kind of like how we who lived in the SE had to go up hills to decrease the grade. You'd ride about a quarter mile to get to the top of a road going straight up about 100 yards.

Ohio U campus is one of the most beautiful in the state, as is Kent State where I got my BS in Ed and Tech (double entendre/pun intended, possibly and probably appropriate). My daughter went to OU for a couple years, then to Kent. We got more snow at Kent.

 

I think this thread should be pinned! Just ordered spring for $30 from eBay. Thanks for information here!

 

Got a link?

 

Just search "spring 400 10 2.5" where 400 is desired spring rate in lb/in (convert your desired kg/mm to lb/in)
for example
Hyperco 1810B0400 2.5" ID Coil-Over Racing Spring 400 lb/in Rate 10" Long
400x 10.0 x 2.5" And 225 12” 2.5 AFCO COIL OVER SPRING RACE IMCA HYPERCOIL

 

Video for lazy people -

 

Do you know where I can buy a spring for the rear shock for 100-110kg?

I can't buy anything from ebay.

 

That's a real problem. If you could find the spring needed on ebay you could get with one of us here and work out how to have them buy the part and ship to you. Problem would be not knowing exactly how much shipping would cost from here to Vietnam. It would depend on weight and size. I've done this for a friend in Australia, shipping all the parts from a torn down engine to him. Look on ebay and see if they have the weight spring you need then we could work out something.

Do the weight conversion, make sure of the overall length and internal diameter of the spring, it has to fit. It may be a half inch shorter, but that isn't enough to be a problem, the threaded preload or a spacer can take up that difference.

 

Thanks for the offer... I might just take you up on it. Actually, shipping would just be the list price generated by E-Bay as I use a shipping có. in Oregon to bring in parts.

The problem is E-Bay banned me after being a member for close to 20 years and I'm unable to recover my account.

There was no reason given regarding the ban... It said something like "we feel this relationship isn't working out".... Mmmmm... OK!

I googgled the matter hoping to resolve it and it seemed somewhat common.