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Many thanks for the responses, keep them coming.
2009 36 TALAS RC2
I keep them upside down the day before a ride and lube them afterward. Ridden superhard and they perform flawlessly
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Talas 2006/7 One set of stanchions worn and replaced. Next set going. Service intervals are a nonsense and would not replace like for like if service intervals remain the same.
FOX FLOAT RL 32 bought 18 months ago with the bike, stantions worn on the left hand side, kept clean all the time just this was my only problem and still needs sorting 🙁
2005 Fox F100x
2007 Fox F100x
Both ridden weekly all year round, rarely serviced, kept meticulously clean, bikes stored upside down. Both still work faultlessly with no visible stanchion wear. Best forks I've ever owned.
Can't see what all the fuss is about re Fox reliability/wear.
I've never suffered stanchion wear with any fork and I put serious miles on my forks. However I stick to service schedules, grease seals well and ALWAYS clean the top of fork seals after every ride. I'm convinced accelerated fork wear is partly due to dried up mud or dust from a previous ride being forced in the fork on the next ride.
Only time I've suffered short fork seal life is when I've ridden my bike with bad mud deposits remaining on the stanchions.
solamanda - I agree entirely.