The Manitou Swinger X4 on my 2007 Patriot needs a service. It's likely to cost £80 or so I suppose. I'm wondering if it'd be worth spending maybe a little more and replacing it? What do you think? I'd like to stick with air rather than coil.
Remember to add in the cost of a [url= http://www.tftunedshox.com/info/mount_kits_bushings.aspx ]mounting kit[/url] if you do go down the new shock route (a suspension specialist will [should] include it but mail order 'bargains' don't).
I wasn't impressed by my Manitou 3 way, even after a service, so replaced it with a fox Rp23, but if you have no issues with yours why replace it unless you've cash to burn? (which is fine!)
I don't know if it's good or not, I've never ridden a 7" travel bike with anything else 🙂
I do need to spend money unfortunately, so the question is if there is a cheap option that would be better and not much more expensive.
Looks like RP23s go for about £150 ish on ebay.
I'd get the X4 serviced.
I have a Swinger X3 on my Orange 5 with same single pivot suspension. I found this shock to work much better on this bike than any RP23s I've tried on it.
I also found an old X4 on a Santa Cruz BLT worked much better than the RP23 that came with it.