Wind them all the way to soft then count how many turns all the way to hard. Now wind them back to the softest setting and wind them up to roughly 3/4 of the way to hard and try them there. That is where I set most of them with king springs and it rieds well and handling is good as well. The sportivo accessory springs are a lil softer so you may have to do a lil bit of playing to get it to suit your needs.