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  • Fork Oil – 7.5wt – what's best and where from?
  • chriswilk
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    only need enought for one service so don't really want to have 1L lying around for 6 years until the next service as it'll have gone off by then…

    RudiBoy
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    TF for small bottles or motorbike shop for larger bottles…..both will be the same price.

    stumpy01
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    I got some from Chain Reaction a while ago – think it's £5.99 for 500ml.

    the_lecht_rocks
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    crc – stendec

    uplink
    Free Member

    Halfords do it

    You may as well get a bigger bottle if it's no dearer & use it as a general lubricating oil if you have no use for what's left

    bomberman
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    any synthetic fork oil will do the trick really. I get all mine from a local motorbike shop. at the moment i have PJ1 5w and 10w which i mix but i've had silkolene in the past. Don't be fooled by MTB marketing! fox suspension fluid is just re-branded Torco RSF medium.

    steve_b77
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    Motor bike shops is the way forward.

    If you ask nicely, as they use a litre at a time in most forks, they'll let you have 100ml for next to nowt

    IsaacClarke
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    Aye – another vote for motorbike shops, Silkolene stuff for me!

    Like Bomberman I also blended a mix of 10wt and 5wt, as 7.5wt seemed hard to source at the time.

    Suited me perfectly, as I could tune oil weights for my far less hefty Bro and my (then) GF.

    bomberman
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    just for info sake you can also substitute fox float fluid for 85w gear oil as it's the same! I took a syringe to my motorbike shop and they filled it free of charge. These motorbike shops are a lot cheaper than mountain bike shops. puts us to shame!

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