[Closed] New bikes just arent worth the bother.

Bigjim, yes, it was as a monarch plus. Came with the frame rather than selected on its own merits, but still supposed to be a good shock.

I've not been happy with any rockshox product I've had since some revs I bought about 2008 which still work as they should. Everything else has failed in some way, the monarch seems to be a very common failure in my riding group too. I wouldn't buy an rs product now unless it came with a frame or bike.

Headsets, the difference between hope and fsa is huge, hopes just keep on going. Same for bb.

the spring on the ext shock has pretty poor fatigue life apparently.

my DBcoil IL is 650g with spring compared to the 410g for the monarch plus (216x63mm size). the coil IL is miles ahead of the monarch

It's a SAR spring, got a link POAH? It can be replaced. Ti coils are poor as well though.

Can't find any evidence at all that they have a low fatigue life...

In contrast, I've had 5 new bikes in the last 3 years and I've not changed anything because it's broken, just 2 reverb warranty issues, both sorted straight away.

poah - Member

the spring on the ext shock has pretty poor fatigue life apparently.

What does that actually mean in this context? Standard steel springs have a fatigue life that means they'll outlast every other part of the bike, you'll only have to replace it because a) you got fat or b) some **** invented a new spring standard. SO there's a lot of margin you could afford to lose, there.

The Reverb must be the most warrantied bike component ever.

This as happened to me. It can be a disheartening time but you've got to stick with it. Bit more than teething troubles, but sometimes bad luck stacks up and the universe is against you.

What does that actually mean in this context?

it doesn't last as long as a standard steel spring - all these SLS have reduced lifetimes, but the EXT spring is apparently quite bad for it. If you don't ride much then its not going to be an issue is it. I'd rather have a spring thats a bit heavier but last longer.

Other issue with the storia shock is the customer service, I was interested in one but they never got back to me about info and I'm not the only one thats had that issue.

Again, wheres the evidence that its worse than an sls spring apart from hearsay? EXT have an illustrious history in motosports, I dont think they would produce crap. You can however buy the shock without a spring and install a ti one. Did you ring stendec or just email them?

SLS springs arn't great either - I didn't say it was crap.