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Originally posted by igo4bmx
it seems spring tension and a shorter spring will conclude a high rate, but yet the spring compress with the same weight as a stock spring will compress to a shorter length.
I don't believe all springs are uniform through the whole spring. aren't then ends coiled tightly?
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Not quite sure what you meant by the first sentence, but if you do the basic physics on spring length vs. thickness, you will find that shortening the spring length is absolutely going to increase spring rate.
Correct, many springs are not coiled uniformly, that's why Someguy put the qualifier of "active coil" on his statement. And those springs are coiled that way to create progessive rates, which is a whole different subject.