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Basically I think a service for £100 is abit steep.
Any recommendations based on experience etc?
Loco?
but I just go to Dale at Sherwood Pines Cycles - £60/65 for shock or fork
http://www.pedals-edinburgh.com/
no complaints here - just got my floats back after a service and travel reduction
Drop me a mail with what needs doing and I can quote you.
All I do is suspension and nothing else, so the workshop is specifically setup for dealing supension units with all the correct tools and best quality fluids, seals e.t.c
The forks only cost me £350. Seems daft to spend £100 servicing them.
Loco- It'd still come out around £100 when you throw in postage both ways.
Do it yourself for about £60 (seals, washers, cleaners, oils/lubricants, tools). It'll be cheaper in future because you'll have the tools and the oils left over.
I tried 😀 If you need parts give me a shout 😉
I did this last Friday and overfilled the damper thus meant me having to compensate but dropping the air psi. Im sure in part it led to me flipping over the bars onto my knee!
I'm reasonably intelligent however I have zero patience.
Set up your own LBS in your living room so you don't have to travel 20yds to the nearest one, get a competent mechanic at minimum wage, then charge yourself less than the time it would take said mechanic to do the work, thus losing yourself money but hey you'd be able to have a good chat with yourself and make yourself a cup of tea and you'd lock up at the end of the night being one more satisfied customer because you run such an honest and great LBS!
Bosh!
Kit, I need more working capital from you.
We aint taking over the world with £10.
The forks only cost me £350. Seems daft to spend £100 servicing them.
Uuugh? Do what? Are you saying you got the forks cheap but service them will no longer make them a bargain?
Yet you expect a decent life expectancy & performance from them 2nd hand without a service?
Mods please change of title please "Hora living up to his STW rep."
(I'm reasonably intelligent) 😯
So your saying £100 for a general service is cheap?
We aint even talking adding in bushing costs either.
I did this last Friday and overfilled the damper thus meant me having to compensate but dropping the air psi. Im sure in part it led to me flipping over the bars onto my knee!
Suddenly the reason becomes clear for paying qualified persons to do something for you. Not all costs can be quantified.
[i]So your saying £100 for a general service is cheap?[/I]
(assume you post is to mine) Nope, but if when I buy 2nd hand I take into account that they might need servicing, and so the price I am willing to pay reflects this. So if push does come to shove, my bargain is still a bargain...
Got my forks and rear shock serviced from the bike chain just before christmas, can't remember what I paid but I was pleasantly surprised with the bill.
Learn how to do it properly and you'll be able to spend £450 on your forks next time. Muppet!
Madness. How people into mountain biking have a 'no fear' approach to big bills.
Would you see this mentality in the roadie world?!
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Not that I buy anything else from them but the fork service has been fine and has free shipping if you can get to store (they send it to their service centre!).
Just a note the Evans rear shock 'service' is an air can service and seals only.
[i]How people into mountain biking have a 'no fear' approach to big bills.[/i]
I fear no pelican.
Maybe if you bought new, planned to keep stuff for a while and factored £100/year running costs in it wouldn;t seem so expensive?
😀I fear no pelican.
Maybe if you bought new, planned to keep stuff for a while
Like the numerous new Rockshox forks I had break on me? 🙄
Maybe if you bought new, planned to keep stuff for a while and factored £100/year running costs in it wouldn;t seem so expensive?
You are right. Spend alittle extra time on them and sort them myself. I ended up rushing the oil refill on them as I couldn't find the funnel and ended up over-topping the night before the ride.
£100 I'd rather pay myself to do that for circa 40mins work. Plus I've got the spare wiper and seals kit already that came with the forks from the lad who only owned them for less than a month.
yes the cheap deals on shocks just look like air can service to me
Use a big syringe, it more accurate, mail me and I'll send you one if you like (F.O.C of course) 😀
edit, yes and the air seal kit is £9.49 plus postage, easy job that takes 10 mins.
Are instructions for fox services avalaible anywhere? I've got an shock and fork to do.
jonb:
there you go: http://service.foxracingshox.com/consumers/index.htm
Edit: damn you and your Fish 😀
Loco - you refer to Evans as air can only - what do I get for my £55 off you? I've never even tried servicing any suspension so have no idea but my RP23 could do with some tlc
Yoshi:
That's a full strip, clean, inspection and rectification of any manufacturing defects. All seals in the damper are replaced and the unit has the oil and gas replaced. The air seals are also replaced as are the eyelet bushes. If spacer are needed they would be a little extra.
I don't like replacing stuff just for the sake of it, if they're going to last another 12 months then why should you have to pay for it.
Postage back is extra
My money is that hora didn't empty the damper fully, and this has put the total oil level too high. Schoolboy error.
[url] http://www.flotecsuspension.co.uk/home.aspx [/url]
Fairly new company, but good!
Bike treks are running fox servicing courses,i'm booked on the 20th of feb
Flotec, are charging for a clean, oil change and greasing the seals, wipers are extra.
If people are interested I'd be happy to do an evening course on servicing of forks.
I think stendec service fox bits.
Hi LoCo,
Well I'd be interested in an evening class.
Regards
Marko
Not had anything serviced, but just bought some sektors from simon (LoCo). Sound chap.
Marko, ok cool I'll have a work out and see what we can do.
Edit, Hora I was serious about the syringe, it wasn't some random mic taking 😀
Loco I and I know a few other lads would definately be interested in an evening class for sure all of us pretty local to you too, Aberdare/Neath/Swansea Valley/Beacons 😉
It would be a good way for you to introduce us to the benefits of fork servicing - plus I am sure you would get sure fire loyalty to a local lad 😯
Valley, you know I'm not 'local' 😯 but have been in the valleys quite a few years now and support the reds in the rugby.
Let me see when I've got a bit of time free, in the meantime if you have a few mates that are interested get numbers and mail me, should be able to do something next month sometime, so people could bring forks and beer...
yeah! second page!
Scottegg I did. The issue was I didn't have the correct impliment to inject the new oil in - had to use a large glass cooking measuring jug
Loco that would be awesome 😀
ok I'll find a motley crew and let you know, you many folk do you think would be ok 5-7???
beer and forks = bomber time 😯
as for "local" your a local trader that's all that matters plus we like supporting the "little" guys (in comparison to the "big" guys if you follow me) 😉
No problems, I reckon 8 max per visit would be ok. If you can let me know numbers and what forks people want to know about/are bringing would be good.
ok magic, I'll ask some fellas, we've probably got a mix of Fox/RS mainly 32's mix of Talas/Floats/Revs off the top of my head 😀
I'll email you later and we can go from there
I would be up for this. I am based in Abergavenny.
Sorted now- no need to post either. Ta guys 🙂
torques - email me and we'll sort something out with LoCo 😀
TF Tuned check the bushings and re size if needed. Whats all this about? Is it worth the extra cost?
Update- fork servicing place rang me up and said 'do you know you had the wrong/thicker float oil in your damper leg'?
Yes, that was me the night before a ride after accidently emptying the bloody stuff out and looking for a substitute..
So hitting a square edged rock really did cause them to stiffen- chuck me over the bars 😆
Blimey you must have spent a fortune on float fluid to fill the damper leg 😀
Edit I'd check the details of what a 'service' includes and the costs 😉
I'm reasonably intelligent however I have zero patience.
Glass Kitchen measuring jug? Wrong oil? Incredible.
What sir requires is a measuring cylinder.
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Available from all good Internets for pennies. Along with fork oil (correct grade).
If you are going to do a job, it pays to work out what you need before you're washing the Kitchen floor with suspension oil.
Friday night fettling always means disaster doesnt it?
I offered him free syringes 😯 😀
haha don't drink and fettle
loco me and my mates rp23 shox needs servicing, damping not working properly on both think they need more oil in and re gassing, mojo not that good anymore and expensive, how much would it be to service 2 including p&p? cheers, shaggy
Hi shag, 55 each plus postage for a full service.
ok cheers loco, can u send me a link to your website please, i'll send the shocks end of week, cheers, shag.
cheers simon, i'll send them friday, whats the turn around? oh would u send me a free syringe too seen as tho hora dont want one!! 😀
48 hours, pop a not in with the forks about the syringe along with contact details 😀
Update- fork servicing place rang me up and said 'do you know you had the wrong/thicker float oil in your damper leg'?
I've just spat toast all over my laptop. Some people REALLY SHOULD just stump up the cash and get it done properly!
I even added a dab in extra and ended up dropping the psi on the trail trying to compensate for the lack of sag. Well they've seen a professional now for 75quid all in
I also used a claw hammer to stop the damper spindle from spinning when I was trying to do em. Backup.
Fancy me servicing your car peterpoddy?
Loco - shock packaged, booking form completed - I'll be popping it in the post tomorrow lunchtime for you.
Cheers
Yoshi, ok thanks, will try and get it back to you for the weekend!
LoCo,
Is it possible to get fork travel lengthened? I have Fox 120 RL, they probably could do with a service, along with my rear shock. I have heard somewhere that all it takes to get 130mm out of them simply by removing a spacer in the fork.
Is this possible? and could you do it as part of the service? 😕
Jesus that Flotec website needs someone who can design working on it. Proper headache.
And £20 extra for wiper seals?! Surely that should be in the cost of the servicing.
So £70.....
Simon Loco is £59.99 all in, and he's done a lot of kit for me, all of it performed like new when coming back.
Awesome. 🙂
Ta, Rickon.
Turtle, yes I can lengthen them if the internals allow it some 120 RLs have a spacer which when removed allows extension to 130mm, however some don't and have a shorter damper cart too.
This would be covered by the cost of a full service.
Hi Loco
Can you service Magura forks - specifically Durin Marathon 120's?
Cheers
No don't do Magura stuff at present.
You should do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mainly because no one else does either apart from Magura. Untapped market there chief.
Cheers anyway - let me know if you start doing them, from the kind words everyone seems to have about you i'd like to throw some biz your way.
just stumbled accross the original post. where did you end up sending your forks to hora? also looking for an good service on a few leaky forks but dont want to give my wallet a hammering!
Well the clear outcome of this thread was to send them to "LoCo" because he seems to know what he's doing and has some good feedback.
give us all a report back when you get your forks back hora. this tale is like a book with no ending! lol 🙂
Got my DHX Air done by Loco last week and only have good reports. Think it may have been a little porked before I sent it off but now there is no squelching and consistant damping. Followed his advise on filling the HV air sleeve with grease and the shock definately functions differently without bottoming out as easily.
Need a lot more seat time to play with the setup but it looks like I may be able to run a slightly lower main chamber pressure creating more sag but with better mid stroke control so all good. On the old setup and main chamber pressure I had to use full bottom out and full propedal but currently have no bottom out and a few click of PP at the same pressure without it blowing through and feeling slow over ground 
Simon kept me well informed through out the process. Glad to see there is more competition with Loco, Flowtec etc to keep people on their toes. Have also had good service from TF in the past including advice. 😀
@ hora
Not often on here but just stumbled accross this and realised it must have been your fox 36 i serviced last week hora. Hope your back on the bike after your tumble and the forks are running sweet!