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Looking for recommendations on where to get just the foam rings for rockshox forks in the UK
I don't believe you need to change the seals every service, but if nothing else it's quicker to stick new foam rings in than cleaning the old ones.
Can't see why they should be costing more than a few quid
https://sprungsuspension.com/product/pair-of-foam-ring-replacements/
You used to be able to buy a bag of 20 for 20quid a few years back, seems that there is more margin on a seal kit, so Zyro sell you a seal kit instead.
but replacing your foam rings improves your forks performance and the postives affects last longer than just reusing your olds ones.
Its a piece of foam that wipes oil on to the stantion. Why would replacing them as opposed to cleaning them make the fork work any better?
and we wonder why the planet is ****ed.
If you don't mind using non-OEM then there are still bags out there. I got a bunch of 36mm rings recently (still working through the bag of 35mm I got a few years back).
I get why you might want to replace - cleaning doesn't always get all the ingrained muck out and you often end up stretching the foam when cleaning. If that happens then I bin them and replace.
Ebay seller, does all sorts of service bits for forks - bits4bikes. Will answer service queries too 🙂
https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/usr/bits4bikes (should work)
Yeah I found them not wash that well and get a bit mangled.. all for reducing waste although there's probably bigger fish to fry than some foam rings!