LAISAFront dives heavily under braking
When your bike shows "Front dives heavily under braking", these are the most likely causes - ranked by relevance: Compression, Air pressure, Sag. LAISA separates setup causes (adjusters, components) from riding technique.
Short answer for this problem
- Recommended starting point
- Check first: Fork: Compression
- Most important change
- Smallest documented change: 1 click - clicks out from fully closed
- Why
- The compression is too soft - add some to control the brake dive.
- How to test it
- Read the current value off the bike and compare it with the recommended one. Write it down before you change anything.
- Source
- LAISA diagnosis catalogue, drafted automatically and editorially released Methodology →
- Last reviewed
- No review date documented
The order comes from the stored strength of the symptom-cause link in the catalogue - per symptom, not across symptoms. These are not probabilities and not measurements.
Suspension
Why this could fit: The compression is too soft - add some to control the brake dive.
How to check it: Read the current value off the bike and compare it with the recommended one. Write it down before you change anything.
Smallest change: 1 click - clicks out from fully closed
Why this could fit: On air forks the air pressure is too low - raise it; on coil forks fit a stiffer spring.
How to check it: Read the current value off the bike and compare it with the recommended one. Write it down before you change anything.
Smallest change: 0.1 bar
Why this could fit: Too much sag / a soft setup tips weight forward - reset the sag.
How to check it: Read the current value off the bike and compare it with the recommended one. Write it down before you change anything.
Smallest change: 1 mm - loaded, rider in gear
Free. Pick bike, track and riding style.
Related symptoms
A starting point to verify on the bike - not a safety guarantee. Change one thing at a time and check on track.