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2nd and 3rd of my orders just arrived.
Before I send them back anyone want:
2018 34 K FLOAT 27.5in 150 FIT4 Blk 15QRx110 1.5T
(Code: 910-20-403)
They're 650B+/27+ Factory 34's with 150mm travel, FIT4 damping and 110x15 axle if the above doesn't make much sense.
Cost me £487 and I'll deliver for that.
What's wrong with them wwaswas?
My 29er 34s just arrived. bloody amazing - cheaper than the Pace RC36s I bought back in the 90s!
Buyers remorse?
the pinkbike article on this story has been removed...
[i]What's wrong with them wwaswas?[/i]
well, it's possible I got carried away looking at the bargains, ordered these and then about 40 minutes later realised I should have go the 120's so went back and ordered those as well *blushes*.
Given the feeding frenzy I wanted to be sure I ended up with at least one of the two so let them both proceed.
the pinkbike article on this story has been removed...
Still there just not on the front page
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/mojo-suspension-to-no-longer-distribute-fox-2017.html
Wwaswas, probably the right move. My pondering means I missed out on a pair of 36s.
Before I send them back anyone want:2018 34 K FLOAT 27.5in 150 FIT4 Blk 15QRx110 1.5T
(Code: 910-20-403)
Maybe...please just let me check if a 29+ wheel will fit in there. I don't suppose you could measure the axle to arch height could you?
[i]well, it's possible I got carried away[/i]
Suspected as much 🙂
@Daffy : 29+ wheel in 27.5 forks? Do they do that?
Looking good, so I may indeed have them from you; can you fire me an e-mail?
I'll be running a 26x4" tyre in the pair I'm keeping so anything's possible 🙂
Daffy - will email cheers.
Hmmm, well I am struggling to get a reply from anyone on a number of Fox email addresses, even the one Mojo kindly gave me (which I felt pretty awkward asking for) just returns as undeliverable. Twitter and Instagram ignored as well. Creaking CSU and my warranty is up on 28th this month. Will try calling when the US wakes up later. I'm not fussed about them being necessarily dealt with now, just a confirmation that they will be sorted under warranty when they get their distributor in place.
In further 'look before you leap' news Daffy has kindly pointed out that these are not 'plus' forks, just standard 27.5.
I'll just send them back, I think.
Unless I'm mistaken, and unless someone can tell me otherwise, the Fox 2017-2018 specification sheets seem to list all 110mm 34 27.5 Boost forks as plus forks...they even have the 150mm listed, but not available on their website??
[url= http://www.ridefox.com/help.php?m=bike&id=804 ]Link to Fox Specification Sheets[/url]
looks righ tenough to me daffy, tho not sure whether you'll get 29+ in there, unless you've found some pictures/reassurance elsewhere.
having said that i did manage to get a 27.5 x 2.8" into a regular 27.5 fork...
Your fork Jamiesilo?
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Anybody buy a 200x50 dps evol and having remorse at all? 🙂
Daffy - this is fork label. Says 44mm offset whereas those drawings seem to say 51? The 120's I also have def say 'PLUS' on the label too.
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Thought the 110 bit referred to boost? The none boost say 100 right?
I just checked a 29 plus wheel (Mulefut rim/Chronicle) in the 2 pairs forks I bought.
In the 27.5+ 110 boost 120mm travel forks, tons of room either side. 10mm between tyre top and fork arch - which looks OK. The distance axle to bottom of Arch is 390mm
And also not bought for this purpose but in 29 110 boost 140mm travel, 8mm between tyre top and fork arch - which looks a bit tight. The distance axle to Arch is 388mm. Also about 10mm between side of tyre and arch, which looks tight.
Not checked if crown fouls tyre on full compression.
Just had my X2 arrive, very nice it is too. Mine came with 1 volume spacer in the bag with a couple of allen key tools and a sticker 😀
Not bad for £246.
and a sticker
Does it say "another shaft by fox"
Thank you Andy;; it looks like it's not going to work and that the specification sheets are wrong/incomplete. Silly and a shame.
Wwaswas is that a JJ going in the 120? That's what I want then, how much clearance?
@wwaswas, I'll take the forks off you if they are the normal non plus ones, happy to pay towards postage.
Spent too much time hesitating and so missed out on them from mojo annoyingly 😳
Hmmm, well I am struggling to get a reply from anyone on a number of Fox email addresses, even the one Mojo kindly gave me (which I felt pretty awkward asking for) just returns as undeliverable. Twitter and Instagram ignored as well. Creaking CSU and my warranty is up on 28th this month. Will try calling when the US wakes up later.
Why not try Fox on the continent? I think I read somewhere here Fox went solo in Germany and set up as a solo distro and warranty place, try them? I'm sure they'll have some english speakers or use google translate.
@Daffy from reading round this its best to actually check. Think the only one that will really work is the 27.5 [b]plus[/b] version.
I wasn't so lucky just got this from mojo
Unfortunately we’re unable to fulfil your order. Due to the high volume of orders we received, our ecommerce system became overwhelmed and subsequently crashed allowing orders to be taken for items that were already sold out.
A full refund has been processed. Please allow 5-7 working days for the funds to appear in your account.
We apologise for any inconvenience understandably caused.
Kind Regards
Mojo Customer Service Team
I almost bought one as they were the last version in stock...
Aw, that's a shame. My seatposts have turned up this morning, so I guess I was lucky!I wasn't so lucky just got this from mojo
What did you order?
When fox brought the German distribution in house, what they actually did was buy out the distributor (toxoholics). Seeing as they clearly haven't done that in the UK. I don't think they could just set up a service center from scratch in a matter of weeks, there can't be that many people with the skills required unless they poach the current mojo staff. Even if they could get staff with generic suspension experience, to get up to speed with the fox product line would still take months.
Absolutely agree MSP, looks like a bit of a cock-up and I wonder if they'll end up getting owners to send warranty items abroad as a stop-gap.
Fox's silence on the matter must be worrying for owners with potential warranty issues.
It was a fork for my wife's bike.
Looking good, so I may indeed have them from you; can you fire me an e-mail?
If this falls through id be interested
Cheers
iaindair at gmail dot com
This gets even more exciting. I may or may not be getting an X2 shock then. I might just get an email instead. I'll keep checking my email.
Just tried to register my X2 on ridefox and it won't let me add anything after 2015.
Is that normal or have Fox pulled any registration off the website?
The Fox website is a bag of bollox for all the use it is.
Also just got informed that I won't be getting an x2 same email from mojo
FWIW I haven't had anything since the intial acknowledgement from mojo but a nice lady just brought me a fork-sized package, so it may be that no news is good news for those still waiting to hear
No more so than the same article yesterday mind.
Some nice shocks appearing on Ebay I see..
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/jake_smith46/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
Was bound to happen I suppose.
No more so than the same article yesterday mind.
my bad for not reading every post on the previous 11 pages
My forks arrived today, no further emails since I purchased and the order still shows as pending on the account so don’t give up hope.
Riding rigid all winter so hopefully by the time I actually use them everything else will be sorted.
sofaking - Member
No more so than the same article yesterday mind.my bad for not reading every post on the previous 11 pages
New here? It's your job to read the thread title, interpret it how so ever you wish, ignore every post, including the op and skip straight to the end before posting a near verbatim copy of a previous post.
It's everyone else's job to eye roll and point it out.
New here? It's your job to read the thread title, interpret it how so ever you wish, ignore every post, including the op and skip straight to the end before posting a near verbatim copy of a previous post.It's everyone else's job to eye roll and point it out.
my humblest apologies. Only been here about 15 years or so, so still getting used to how things work 🙄
Only been here about 15 years or so,
Not even made it half way through the brexit thread yet then? Keep going - page 8792 is a corker.
darrenspink - Member
Some nice shocks appearing on Ebay I see..https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/jake_smith46/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
Was bound to happen I suppose
There's a few popping up on pinkbike as well, a nice quick £250+ profit
Predictable, but they're only worth what someone is willing to pay, let's hope there's no takers.
My X2 has arrived. Quick question, do the X2 shocks come in different tunes? I'd assumed that the range if adjustment on them was enough to cover all bases. Guess I now need to find out if DCHZ actually suits my frame.
Isn't the X2 fully externally adjustable like a Cane Creek because it's a twin tube damper?
That's my understanding and what the Mojo lady said on the phone.
I was asking if they'd do me some base settings like TF do, but she misunderstood and thought I was asking to have it re-valved or something.
Have noticed that the Mojo website has had all reference to warranty and official distributor removed, quick work! There's also a message about unfulfilled orders too.
Predictable, but they're only worth what someone is willing to pay, let's hope there's no takers.
What's the general rule on secondhand purchases? 50% of RRP minus a bit per year? So all those people hawking the stuff for a quick profit may be out of luck, especially as they'll have no warranty. I know I got a stupidly good deal on my new Transfer post but it'll be going on my bike, no way could I sell it on and profit out of others misfortunes.
My Transfer post arrived today! Hooray I thought, then I was looking for the lever and couldn't find it. Just realised it was the post only and the lever had to be ordered separately. Whoops 🙁
Which means you can get the superior wolf tooth components lever.
Cheers Chakaping, seems sensible that one shock fits all.
This is a reply to a question about warantying a creaky CSU on my Geometron's fork.
So seems to me that I can give my fork back to Mojo and they'll sort it with the new distro.
Just the same as my LBS has done in the past with bikes I've bought from them that have had a creaky CSU.
Hi Stu, thanks for the kind words please note that GeoMetron Bikes Ltd is a completely separate company to Mojo Suspension Hoodoo Ltd and has no business links with Fox Factory inc.
It’s very much business as usual here! We aren’t going anywhere well apart from strength to strength!The new Fox distributor will be announced shortly and they will cover all Fox warranties going forward! Don’t panic it will all be back to normal very soon.
P.S. please re-assure friends or get them to call me if they have any concerns.
Cheers
Paul Shepherd,
GeoMetron Bikes Ltd, 2 RBF Business Centre,
Pontymister Ind Est, Risca, Newport, NP11 6NP
Guess the same applies to all the stuff that's just been bought from Mojo as well then which I'd assumed would be the case.
My transfer arrived today.. Luckily as I had managed to sell my old dropper within 10 min of advertising it.. Perhaps should have waited delivery first but all good in the end..
Had looked at forks but 500 quid is a bit steep for me given I can't tell the difference between one damper and the next .. Even if they are heavily reduced
Awaiting an influx of 160 mm forks on the classifieds at bargain prices now everyone has upgraded..
What's the general rule on secondhand purchases? 50% of RRP minus a bit per year? So all those people hawking the stuff for a quick profit may be out of luck, especially as they'll have no warranty. I know I got a stupidly good deal on my new Transfer post but it'll be going on my bike, no way could I sell it on and profit out of others misfortunes
There is no general rule, all depends what people are prepared to pay. The 50% is off spouted, but nonsense.
If anyone ended up with some Plus forks or 29er 140s and is looking to send back, I'd be interested.
My 150mm transfer arrived this aft with the lever box taped on top. Happy boy! Will replace my old Command that's not internal.
Selling on at a profit is a bit of a dicks trick but not unexpected.
Transfer fitted. Yey!
I've done a few Reverbs, but this is my first Transfer. I know that people say that cable operated droppers are simpler to install and maintain than hydraulically actuated ones...but they are wrong. Quite wrong. I'd have had a Reverb done in half the time, including a re-bleed.
The Transfer is a right fiddle to fit as you need to keep taking the post out every time you disturb the cable so you can be 100% certain that the ferule is back in its spot on the bottom of the post. OK, so I could have accepted a cable length that was "about right", but that's not my way, so it ended up being more of a faff than I expected. Oh, and the single fastener for the 2x lever is completely blocked by the pipe carrying the cable so it's a pain to tighten up cleanly. Prrft.
Now it's on, it's great though, so overall I'm chuffed 🙂
I've done a few Reverbs, but this is my first Transfer.
Your second one will be easy now you've worked out the trick 🙂
The ferrule can't come out of the lever (@post base) but the outer cable end can come unseated.. all you need is to retain cable tension and you're done. Set your outer length first, then with the lever removed from the bars, clamp the cable in the lever body with grub screw and once done, you can pull the outer through its stealth routing to get the lever mounted to the bars.
Simpler and bettered than hydraulic bleeds
Oh, and the single fastener for the 2x lever is completely blocked by the pipe carrying the cable so it's a pain to tighten up cleanly. Prrft.
Yeah that bit is pretty stupid. They could easily have had the bolt coming in from underneath the bar rather than having the pipe in the way.
The challenge is that you can't cut the outer with the inner in, but you can't route the outer without the inner, as it keeps the outer secured to the post. This means there's a lot of "in and out" as you set the cable length. Yes, once secured to the lever it all stays put, but as this is literally the last thing you do, it's quite easy for it all to come adrift while positioning everything.Your second one will be easy now you've worked out the trick
Anyway, I'm sure it'll be easier next time, which is a good job as I have another to fit at the weekend 🙂
no shock for me. boo hiss.
oh well. 😆
BearBack - MemberSimpler and bettered than hydraulic bleeds
I'd sooner install a reverb every time, much as I like my Transfer
Oh, one other thing was that the Transfer seems much, much more sensitive to seatpost clamp torque than Reverbs that I've had in the past. I can remember cranking that clamp up to 11 without any problems (yes, yes, I know you're not meant to do it!) but last night I found that even a relatively light application of torque (say 6nm) was enough to cause the Transfer to start binding.I'd sooner install a reverb every time, much as I like my Transfer
A bit of carbon paste and some careful tightening got me to a very secure seatpost that runs nice and freely, but I don't remember ever seeing this before. I assume it's because the walls are thin for weight saving, but I'll be keeping an eye on this you can be sure...
^^^ Transfer in my Anthem and clamp is at 8NM, no issues. I agree re the lever though, I swopped mine to a 1x Wolftooth light action and it is miles better.
Absolutely true, that's the trick.... what I'm trying to explain is:The challenge is that you can't cut the outer with the inner in, but you can't route the outer without the inner, as it keeps the outer secured to the post.
- install your post with no cables attached to establish your insert depth (I did mine by referencing bb to saddle rail distance off my old bike for my new build)
- Then remove the post.
- Then run your outer through your frame out the seat tube and into the lever correctly positioned at the bar.
- Measure from your post insert depth position to the post couter cable stop.
- Measure how much outer cable sticks out of the seat tube.
- Add those two measurements together
- remove lever from the bar
- push cable up out of the seat tube till you can reach the point your measurements say to cut the outer.
- Install inner cable to pivot and then into lever ta bottom of post
- Thread inner down through outer and seat the outer into the post base.
- take your lever and insert inner/seat outer and secure with grub screw ensuring outer is seated both ends and inner is slack free.
- apply carbon assembly/"torque reduction" paste
- insert seat post into seat tube whilst keeping tension feed on cable (you can pull on the outer now as everything is tight
- when at insert depth, secure lever to bars, tighten seat clamp
done.
Thanks very much!
The next one I have to do is an external one, however, so that should be much easier. Not least because the person it's for is very borderline on height (she's only little!) and the post will be set to its lowest possible position on the frame which should (all being well) be the absolutely right height for her! I reckon it'll take half the time 😉
Anyone after a Transfer, 30.9 external routed, 100mm drop?
one arrived today but it's 350mm in length and I need longer. Email in profile if interested otherwise I'll send it back for a refund.
Cheers
Don’t suppose anyone bought a 31.6mm x 150mm post with internal routing in error? I have an externally routed one to trade. Misleading pics and an itchy buying finger. Mine’s the all black one.
I bought one but not in error 🙂
It is right on the limit in terms of seat post down the frame (bent seat tube) by my calculations so if it doesn't fit I'll move it on. Probably fit it sometime this week, which is very unlike me. Usually can't wait to fit anything once I have my hands on it.
Milky1980 if you decide to sell it on. I would be interested. Email in profile. Cheers Brian
Lot's of speculation in this thread.
I wonder if Fox will be moving all their brands to the one distributor?
That makes some sense... Raceface, Easton and Marzocchi all under one roof with Fox.
Could mean a couple more distributors will lose big brands
Where are you based JackHammer?
flipside is if they elect to enforce exclusivity, which is normal, then some brands may have to move to make way....