Best suspension settings for Orbea Rise SL?

[Celtemtb]

Hi all, best suspension settings for Orbea rise sl

I've got a Orbea rise sl 2025.

 

[Greg Watts]

Hi all, best suspension settings for Orbea rise sl I've got a Orbea rise sl 2025.

Good, I've got plenty to work with. The SL specifically runs the inline shock variant, and the consensus is clear on sag targets. Here's the reply:

Welcome to the forum, @Celtemtb. Good choice of bike - the Rise SL is a tidy piece of kit. The headline number you need:

Orbea recommends 30% sag on the rear shock, and that's where most owners find it performs best.

The SL models run 140mm travel front and rear with an inline shock, so for the rear that works out to roughly 19-21mm of sag on the shaft stroke depending on your shock size. Set your fork at the same 30% and you're in a sensible ballpark.

Pinkbike's tester ran 30% sag with all compression and rebound adjustments wide open and found the tune felt fantastic, with no packing down over successive bumps. The Fox 36 with damping wide open also impressed.

The Rise's suspension platform has high anti-squat built in, which means it pedals efficiently without needing loads of LSC dialled in. Trust the tune and start open rather than locking things down.

Our own community's advice via @theremotejuggernaut is the gold standard here: start with sag at 25-30%, sort mid-stroke feel with air pressure adjustments, then use volume spacers for end-stroke control. On the Rise specifically, the advice is to reduce spacers by one from stock and drop air pressure slightly rather than running silly-low pressures compensated by piling spacers in.