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Looks like the Status is getting a single speed make over :D
 
Andrew Moore said:
Best thing I did! Pain in the arse to prep and repeat to keep everything nice but well forth the effort. It seems to keep the chain in better condition for longer too.
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I have an ultrasonic cleaner so will make light work of the cleaning, i did get the Silca kit as well to reduce the faff. Also plan to rotate 2 chains, with cassettes especially costing so much these days i want to keep it in top condition for as long as possible.
 
robj20 said:
I have an ultrasonic cleaner so will make light work of the cleaning, i did get the Silca kit as well to reduce the faff. Also plan to rotate 2 chains, with cassettes especially costing so much these days i want to keep it in top condition for as long as possible.
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US cleaner has been worth it's weight for MTB parts.
 
Dangerous Dave said:
Works great for my road bikes, it's too wet and muddy in Scotland for a MTB chain was continually needing to redo within 30-50 miles depending on how bad the conditions were.
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See how I get on, just done all my mountain bike chains.
Going to start rotating through two chains on my Transmission gears help with the cassette longevity.
 
CraigN said:
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New bouncers for the eeb, Invisiframing them took much longer than it should have and it got dark so no pics on the bike :cry:
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I think I’ll be moving to the new Zeb and a Vivid on my next bike. Going Fox and Kashima that limits the bikes appearance.

Having said that, I wouldn’t mind looking in to the possibility of Push, EXT and Intend but servicing would be a concern in relation to them.
 
I now run ext shocks on 3 bikes. Vecta on the eeb and trail bikes, storia on the enduro. I will put an Arma on the DH at some point.

What’s the issue with servicing? I don’t service my shocks myself anyways. Il do a lower leg service but always send stuff off for a full. Never had an issue.
 
CraigN said:
I now run ext shocks on 3 bikes. Vecta on the eeb and trail bikes, storia on the enduro. I will put an Arma on the DH at some point.

What’s the issue with servicing? I don’t service my shocks myself anyways. Il do a lower leg service but always send stuff off for a full. Never had an issue.
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It’s the sending off bit. I can service my Zeb, 38s and 36s myself as well as my Float Xs and Float X2 (not even looked at the DHX2 yet but I’d hazard a guess it’s easy enough).

Taking apart shocks Im less familiar with, not got the fluids etc for and then worrying bout breaking it is my main concern.

Where would I even send them off to that’s the first hurdle.

I’m sure it would be fine but if I’m going to go down the route of boutique type stuff, I need to make sure it’s hassle free and different enough to warrant the expense. (Hence some juicy Intends or a EXT for a DH)
 
I Cba to do dampers or shocks myself. Too many specialist tools needed.

Mojo rising are the Uk importer for EXT. run by Chris porter and jack. Small outfit now but they build and service.

Jtech and TF Tuned sell and service EXT. I tend to use jtech. I have also used Sprung who are not far from me in the Forest of Dean who have sorted some emergencies for me in the past.
 
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It's one of the criteria i have when buying shocks and forks, being able to home service. My Lyriks with MRP Lift damper are so easy now, damper takes 15 minutes to service. I have a Fox DHX2 coil shock on mine at the minute but i prefer the feel of the air shock so will be putting the RS Super Deluxe back on at some point.
 
Has anyone experienced any issues with their wireless rear mechs, specifically SRAM. Over the weekend mine decided it would only provide gears 1 or 12 skipping all others when changing up or down, which made for an eventful climb back to where we needed to be.. it did this for an hour or so then went back to providing all gears but randomly and currently works but doesn't know what gear it is in.. The app is useless as was the bike shop who only have access to the same app so it is going back to SRAM, i just wondered if it was a common issue..
 
ichabod crane said:
Has anyone experienced any issues with their wireless rear mechs, specifically SRAM. Over the weekend mine decided it would only provide gears 1 or 12 skipping all others when changing up or down, which made for an eventful climb back to where we needed to be.. it did this for an hour or so then went back to providing all gears but randomly and currently works but doesn't know what gear it is in.. The app is useless as was the bike shop who only have access to the same app so it is going back to SRAM, i just wondered if it was a common issue..
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Not heard of that one, had a fair few friends who have had the corroded pin issue. Which is just power failure. Not strange behavior like that.


robj20 said:
It's one of the criteria i have when buying shocks and forks, being able to home service. My Lyriks with MRP Lift damper are so easy now, damper takes 15 minutes to service. I have a Fox DHX2 coil shock on mine at the minute but i prefer the feel of the air shock so will be putting the RS Super Deluxe back on at some point.
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Interesting. I have all the stuff to do lower leg services but most of the time CBA and send forks and shocks off anyways.

I keep spares to use in rotation while i do this
 
CraigN said:
Not heard of that one, had a fair few friends who have had the corroded pin issue. Which is just power failure. Not strange behavior like that.



Interesting. I have all the stuff to do lower leg services but most of the time CBA and send forks and shocks off anyways.

I keep spares to use in rotation while i do this
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Lift is as easy as remove it from the leg, cassette tool at the top.
Then you can unscrew the damper body with a spanner, that will get you to the stage you can renew the oil.
Then if you want to replace the seals it's one more spanner and the whole thing is apart. It's self purging so no special tools there and it's a spring backed IFP so no nitrogen charge.
 
robj20 said:
Lift is as easy as remove it from the leg, cassette tool at the top.
Then you can unscrew the damper body with a spanner, that will get you to the stage you can renew the oil.
Then if you want to replace the seals it's one more spanner and the whole thing is apart. It's self purging so no special tools there and it's a spring backed IFP so no nitrogen charge.
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When i have done it in the past with both fox and rockshox it is far from that simple :cry:

Fox specialist tools were always annoying, Special locktite that you need to heat to remove. Taking apart dampers with all the tiny shims to renew o-rings. Then their is getting air out of the system.

lastly there is me getting the rage with it because one of the above is not going to plan.

My time is worth way more than the £130 it costs to pay a pro :cry:
 
CraigN said:
When i have done it in the past with both fox and rockshox it is far from that simple :cry:

Fox specialist tools were always annoying, Special locktite that you need to heat to remove. Taking apart dampers with all the tiny shims to renew o-rings. Then their is getting air out of the system.

lastly there is me getting the rage with it because one of the above is not going to plan.

My time is worth way more than the £130 it costs to pay a pro :cry:
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Across multiple bikes and front and back that's a lot of money that could be spend on more bikes.
 
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