LAISAFront tucks mid-corner
When your bike shows "Front tucks mid-corner", these are the most likely causes - ranked by relevance: Front tire pressure, Body position in corners (MX), Spring rate. LAISA separates setup causes (adjusters, components) from riding technique.
Short answer for this problem
- Recommended starting point
- Check first: Tire: Front tire pressure
- Most important change
- Smallest documented change: 0.05 bar
- Why
- Wrong front pressure (often too high) shrinks the contact patch - set it to the right value.
- 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, hand-authored 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: A fork spring too soft for your weight lets the front dive and lose grip - check spring rate/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: 0.1 N/mm
Tires
Why this could fit: Wrong front pressure (often too high) shrinks the contact patch - set it to the right value.
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: 0.05 bar
Technique
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.