mongoose_dude

Thanks for your reply! I have already removed the cable and the poplock mechanism does rotate freely. The movement of the mechanism is totally smooth. I did notice, however, that its spring is not as strong as the one on my previous fork (a Duke Race with poplock). Could this be the reason for why the thing is not releasing properly? I still need to check whether the poploc mechanism rotates freely under load (with the cable off), but I am unfortunately not with my bike at the moment. Will report back on that asap.

Hi I got a new Rock Shox Reba (Race) about a week ago. The thing has poploc remote lockout. Problem is: when I lock the fork and put some weight on it (even just me sitting on the bike), then the poploc doesn't want to release properly. So - when you unlock the poploc on the handle-bar, it almost seems as though the spring that's supposed to return the shock to its unlocked state is not strong enough. The lockout only releases VERY sluggishly, and only unlocks all the way when you take all weight off the front of the bike. What I have done: > Checked that there is no dirt in the lockout mechanism mounted at the top of the crown > Oiled the cable of the poplock mechanism properly and made sure that there are no kinks in it > Made sure that the mount at the top of the crown is not obstructing the cable in any way Any ideas? Can one wind the "return" spring on the inside of the shock tighter? What else could be a reason why the poploc doesn't want to release properly. Would REALLY appreciate some advice / ideas. A bit worried...