Travel adjustment mechanism for a suspension system

摘要

A suspension system (10) for a handlebar-steered vehicle includes an upper tube (30), a lower tube (32) reciprocally slidable relative to the upper tube. A positive spring assembly (20) biases the upper and lower tubes (30,32) away from each other. A piston assembly (42) is attached to the lower tube (32). The suspension (10) includes a travel adjustment mechanism (12) including a locking mechanism (80) and an actuator (78). The locking mechanism (80) is connected to the positive spring assembly (20) and selectively maintains a first portion of the positive spring assembly in a compressed state with the upper and lower tubes (30,32) drawn toward each other. The actuator (78) is operatively connected to the locking mechanism (80) to releasably engage the locking mechanism to maintain the first portion of the positive spring assembly (20) in the compressed state.