Strut with shock absorber function for a stroller, comprising - a first strut element from which a first guide sleeve projects, - a second strut element from which a second guide sleeve projects, - wherein each strut element (32, 34) comprises a spring abutment seat (44, 46) from which the respective guide sleeve (38, 40) extends in the axial direction, and - wherein the guide sleeves (38, 40) of both strut elements (32, 34) are pushed into one another in the axial direction, and - a compression spring supported at the opposite spring abutment seats (44, 46) of the two strut elements (32, 34), - wherein at least one of the two spring abutment seats (44, 46) is formed on a spring preload adjustment element arranged to be axially displaceable on the strut element and to be locked in at least two different axial displacement positions, and - wherein the spring preload adjustment element is designed in the manner of an adjusting sleeve arranged to be at least partially exposed on the strut element (32, 34) for being gripped with a hand, characterized in - that the adjusting sleeve is in threaded engagement with a cylindrical section of the strut element (32, 34), or - that the strut element (32, 34) has two in particular diametrically arranged, outwardly projecting pins, and that the end of the adjusting sleeve averted from the spring abutment seat (44, 46) is formed with a motion link extending in the circumferential direction of the adjusting sleeve and having ascending first sections and second sections arranged between the same and extending substantially on the same level or descending, along which sections the pins slide when the adjusting sleeve is turned relative to the strut element. - a first strut element from which a first guide sleeve projects, - a second strut element from which a second guide sleeve projects, - wherein each strut element (32, 34) comprises a spring abutment seat (44, 46) from which the respective guide sleeve (38, 40) extends in the axial direction, and - wherein the guide sleeves (38, 40) of both strut elements (32, 34) are pushed into one another in the axial direction, and - a compression spring supported at the opposite spring abutment seats (44, 46) of the two strut elements (32, 34), - wherein at least one of the two spring abutment seats (44, 46) is formed on a spring preload adjustment element arranged to be axially displaceable on the strut element and to be locked in at least two different axial displacement positions, and - wherein the spring preload adjustment element is designed in the manner of an adjusting sleeve arranged to be at least partially exposed on the strut element (32, 34) for being gripped with a hand, characterized in - that the adjusting sleeve is in threaded engagement with a cylindrical section of the strut element (32, 34), or - that the strut element (32, 34) has two in particular diametrically arranged, outwardly projecting pins, and that the end of the adjusting sleeve averted from the spring abutment seat (44, 46) is formed with a motion link extending in the circumferential direction of the adjusting sleeve and having ascending first sections and second sections arranged between the same and extending substantially on the same level or descending, along which sections the pins slide when the adjusting sleeve is turned relative to the strut element.