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after my LBS damaged my forks when the P7 was in for a service they 'did the right thing' and replaced them, FOC, with new RS 426 pikes
they are a good shop, lots of nice stuff and i trust them,
then i came off on my first ride on my new forks when the forks went from smooth to rigid mid smooth rolling fast downhill; work has meant i have not touched the bike for a while and the same happened today
two questions
although my instinct told me the forks were not right the first time i crashed i blamed myself for the fall rather than blame the equipment. in retrospect i know thats daft! has anyone else been as self deceiving?
to the extent they went for a second ride on stuff that had gone 'tits up' first tima around?
secondly should i push for new forks, repaired forks or different forks from the shop? i wanted a fork that had adjustable travel and lockout; are these RS a good bet or known for failing?
thanks in advance
I had a pike (coil 426) fail after about 20hr riding - cartridge blown, presumably
"Fairly common" was the suggestion on here. Supposedly an easyish fix.
sent back & fixed under warranty despite being a smidge over the stated period (ta, CRC)
has it failed since.. is the repair an upgrade?
Coil or Air ?
Pikes are generally one of the more reliable forks out there.
Ask them to sort your forks out. Now!!!
Just cos they replaced them after screwing your old ones up doesn't mean they have any less obligation over them.
I'd at least get different forks put on if the bike is as 'good' as you say. They should change them as ANOTHER good will service. If they were brand new they'll just send them back as defective anyway.
Hopefully, you were just on a run of bad luck and once another set of forks are on you'll look back and laugh with the owner of the shop !!
they've been fine since - don't even know what they did with em (just sent back to ??? by CRC)
takisawa2, they are air i believe