[Closed] marker pen on stanchions?

it'll melt the seals and react with the oil causing it to cavitate.

or it won't

ofcoure it wont.
it'll be fine!

I wouldn't bother if they're Fox forks. The anodising will come off along with the magic marker in less time than it takes to get the sag right.

use a dremmel with one of those discs and score little lines on there - much less risk of terminal cavitation

^ or a hacksaw

Be careful though.

or maybe use a caustic soda pen to mark the stanchion. nice neat line etched into the leg for future ref

Be careful though

did mine with a chainsaw

Just use a centre punch - it's the best way to mark all bike components

put the bike next to a mirror and draw/engrave the relevant marks on the mirror where the fork legs reflect prior to sitting on it?

Hmmm, I'd be wary. A friend of mine did this, then 3 years later... Boom! Cancer.

Proceed with caution.

Bad aids. That's all I'm gonna say.

Come on guys it is Xmas.... 🙂

Couple of loose tie wraps in an oval shape. That will be tight enough to see what sag you have and will be easy enough to cut off without risk of damaging the stanchion.

mark it by smearing it with knob cheese

Be careful, anodising can be porous so you may not completely get the marks out if you decide to remove them. Use cable ties

Blackcurrent Jam!

do a big poo, hold it like a pen and draw the required lines.

That works fine with fox forks

:roll-eyes: Its worth checking in here to read the Dilbert-esque posts. Singletrack, more like Stupidtrack.

^ did you think that up all by yourself?

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Be careful though
Yeah, measure twice and cut once !

Thought it was measure once buy twice....

proper LOLs, especially @Rob Hilton

So many smart Alecs!!!

I dunno whether marker pen will bo OK or not.

When I set my sag I use a zip tie and a tape measure.
As in you know the full travel of your fork, you put a zip tie around one leg and measure how much sag you get, and work out your percantage from that.

SB

I use a white board marker.

use a small paint brush and oven cleaner !

^Good call!

Or maybe a drop of One Shot - that shit'll eat through anything!

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+1 robhilton

elastic band?

If they're Fox forks just rely on the line of oil that appears on the stanchions after you'd compressed them.

Or a zip tie

Or feel.. if you think you might have ran out of chemicals.