Hello All,
Anyone had any luck updating the shocks on an old Enduro?
I've got a 2003 frame with a 2004 Marzocchi on the front and a 2003 (I assume) Fox Float RL on the back.
Both suspension components need a service and bushes replacing and I'm expecting a total cost of around £300.
I'm resigned to the fact that I'll have to get the rear shock serviced since it's bit of a weird size and finding a suitable replacement is tricky. However, I'm debating whether it's worth getting a new fork rather than servicing it since it's a lot of cash spend on an eight year old fork.
Has anyone in the Singletrack collective had any experience of re-shocking an old bike? I'd appreciate and advice and/or horror stories.
I almost want to just buy a new bike, but finances won't stretch to that.
TIA,
Rob.
I had a conversation with Simon at LoCo Tuning earlier today about this very subject - he's just serviced the Fox Float from my 2004 bike.
According to Simon, there's scope to buy a modern RP23 shock and have it specially sized to fit the frame, so you may well have some luck here.
He's a good guy to deal with too, knowledgeable and helpful.
If you are prepared for a £300 bill i can think of much worse ways of spending it than
Rear shock service from Loco £70 so long as the current shock is in go condition.
Replacement forks from Merlin £210
ive got a 2003 sworks enduro and i put a rp3 200*57 on it and ran it with 140 revelations on it to compensate and it was great the extra travel balances the angles out nice even tho ive upgraded to a sl enduro i still kept the old sworks one for if i ever went back to more xc stuff.
he's just serviced the Fox Float from my 2004 bike.
Same here, sent mine in a few months ago and it's as good as new. Cracking service. He said that the older models are not that dissimilar to to the new ones.
So with the longer shock you get more travel and the angles stay pretty similar? What's not to like? 🙂
I presume there's no shock / seatpost contact going on?
Thanks all. Useful stuff but keep your words of wisdom coning.
No contact on my xl frame one thing to note if you get another shock make sure the valve comes from the side like the old original one otherwise you need tofile the frame were the valve is so older rp2 and rp3 work with no mods. the angle change isnt huge prob still about 68.5 to 69 pending on the sag you set. i also ran it with a 50mm thompton stem which gives mega confidence for chuckin it down steep stuff.
I remember mine came with a sticker saying not to use forks longer than 125mm...oh well, I'm sure it'll be fine!
I was 14 to 15 stone doing loads of xc and extras cyb degla and others not a big jumper but didnt slow for anything. i have heard of welds goin on other frames but i checked quite often and never had a problem. on the other hand the xl has a 18 cm head tube so might help with weld strength. also raises the crazy low bottom bracket bout 18 mm might not sound much but clears rocks and logs alot better.
IIRC Spesh raised the limit of the fork travel to 130mm retrospetively. I've run a 140mm fork for the last six years without issue but the bike feels it's best at around 130mm anyway.