JacquesT Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 My bike (anthem x1) is now 2 years old and has done a fair amount of mileage (average about 50km per week) in that time. How do i know if the shocks need a service? Everything seems to move and work more or less fine. Obviously riding only one bike all the time you and not always aware of a gradual deterioration in performance. My bike has been serviced a few times in between by cyclelab and nobody there has ever mentioned servicing the shocks? oh... and my brakes were squeaking badly on the steep downhills of the porcupine mtb in Franschoek this weekend. Is that a sign that they need to be replaced? Any help would he appreciated. rgds
brussel Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 probably waaaaaaay overdue....cant remember the figures but it is after a couple of dozen hours of riding. Learn to do it yourself, there are threads on the hub about it. You'll save a LOT of money and get loads of satisfaction!
Johan Bornman Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Service it soon. Very soon. Forks self destruct when not serviced regularly. All the major fork companies publish service intervals and these average at 50 hours. Learning to service it yourself is one option. Another is sending it in to the agents. Both the Rox and Fox agents are in Cape Town.
JacquesT Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 Thanks, will investigate both options - self service and agents. Must admit i am not sure i have the confidence to do the self service option. Read some leads on this site and looks straightforward but generally these things are easy if you know how and pretty tricky if you don't. rgds
David Marshall Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Book a course with Johan at Yellowsaddle. Afternoon course costs the same as a LBS shock service and you come home with a serviced shock as well as the knowledge to do it yourself in future. He can also supply most oils and seals
Robrider Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 I can vouch for that... I was very nervous to service my shock, and I went on Johans course. It really is quite easy, but I would have never had the guts to do it without assistance.
Super_mil Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 I can vouch for that... I was very nervous to service my shock, and I went on Johans course. It really is quite easy, but I would have never had the guts to do it without assistance. +1
JacquesT Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 Jacques where are you based? Cape Town
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