I think you're backwards. 1 is the softest setting. If I set mine to 1 and sat on it the bike would probably bottom out.
Just wondering what everyone has their rear shock absorber set to. I am 210 pounds and just trying to find the right setting.
I'm still at 3, haven't really had the opportunity to mess around with it. I'm about 5'10" 175lbs
225lbs and I like 6. 7 with the 120lb wife on the back. Be careful how often you change this. I used to ride on 4 with just me and 7 with my wife and would change it constantly. the spanner wrench ended up bending the parts between the slots on the adjuster ring form doing it too often. It ended up getting stuck in position and wouldn't move. I had to get in there and bend everything back and use a lot of muscle to get it to move.