are they dual air? i had this problem with some revelations. if you remove all the air can you acheive full travel?

if not they could be hydrolocked? I belive this is when the oil from the top of the fork pushes past the seals and enters the bottom. Im sure someone has a more technical explanation.

But essentially i bought a new seal kit from ebay, changed the seals, replace all the oil, and bingo, they worked again.

Google revelation/reba hydrolock, think theres a lot of stuff out there.

lets not forget manon carpenter womens junior champ too.

awesome race, harts run made it worth the fee on its own!

im going with skiidy this year so hoping they are good. £55 return, and i booked as a single traveller, no extra for not being part of a group. Went with ski lifts last year, only one way, which was about £30. Again, on my tod, id recommend them too.

i like to ride my bike. i occasionally go to trail centres. i like riding it there too. I dont really get too hooked up on where im riding, where others are riding, or whether its natural or man made. If its fast and grin inducing, then its job done in my book.

not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, but this is a very sad end to this story. My thoughts are with his family. Bet this Lambeth chap is going to be very worried now!

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8708149.Hove_greengrocer_Tony_Magdi_dies_following_bike_rage_attack/?ref=mr

i run lowered float 36’s on a dialled pa. they are set at 130, and im not sure of the a-c but it worked out about the same as my pikes set at 140mm. I think they are great forks and have used them on both my xc and dh hardtail. Admittedly, over kill for xc, but fun to plough through the rough stuff.

i cant help but read GW's posts in a naslly. whiny voice.

To the OP, do YOU consider them too heavy? Does it matter what folk on here think? Sounds like you like the strength, and they are not that heavy. Id stick with them.

I have a set on my DH bike, and il happily swap them over to my trail bike when i can afford a new set, probably lighter than my current hope pro2/321 + dmr/singletrack set up. But then i like to be able to ride stuff harder and would sacrifice a few grams for peice of mind any day of the week.

eh? does quite clearly say..

"Forx Base Nut
£2.62

Quantity:

PN: 241-00-005
32MM M8 Forx Base Nut (Does not fit Talas leg on Talas Forx) – Also Fits spring side on 40's, 36 Van & Float"

i bought oem rockshox revs and needed the same 10mm spacer to get them to 140mm.

They definitely make them, and i ended up having to buy one from my LBS. They charged me £5 for just the one spacer though, so hopefully you'll find someone that will donate or sell a bit cheaper.

what about Bryceland?, Kovarik?, Fairclough?

would you consider them b listers as well? Looking at their overall results in the last 2 years Beaumont beat the first two and was only a few places behind Fairclough?

As previously said, why the need to even say anything negative.

Did i mention he also place 6th overall in 2007.

Actually you're right, he's definitely not up there with the top players ;)

haha xc steve, maybe your name suggests where your knowledge lies! Marc Beaumont is consistently up there in the results in the world cup, if that doesn't mean he 'has it', then what does?

And Brycey, seriously, WTF are you on about? Often big names out of the top 10/20. Maybe beaumont doesn't get the publicity of the other big names, but correct me if im wrong, but 12th overall 2009 and 16th overall 2008 is not too shabby. I havent looked further back than that atm.

Fair play Beaumont! Good result fella

3 or 4 events in and noone has thought of reducing the size of those ridiculous numbers boards. With a tail wind they'd almost act as a sail!

How was the timing this time?

yeh as said, that didn't work for me. some of the internals stayed internal and needed to be removed to seat them right when it all went back in.

well, i removed the top cap and loosened the footnut, compressed the fork and in the end had to poke a long screwdriver up to push the air piston out the top, it was a real pain, and when i did manage to pull it out, some parts that were attached to the piston stayed in the lowers…..not great. It also felt as if i could very easily be damaging the fork internals.

so had to remove the lowers, which all would of been easy if i hadnt spent so long arsing about trying the popping out the top route.

Unless you can advise me what i was doing wrong for next time?

http://www.sram.com/_media/techdocs/95-410-762-000%202006%20Pike%20Reba%20RVL%20Dual%20Air%20Service%20Guide.pdf

follow that link mate, its what i used, was a bit of a faff, wish id just forked out the extra £15 and bought u turns.

Basically you need 15w suspension oil
internal circlip pliers
10mm socket spanner and socket to undo top nut (24mm)
5mm allen key

1.release all air.
2.undo air piston footnut, unscrew so the end of the nut is beyond the thread but still half on, use a rubber mallet and give a whack to free the piston. Some oil will come out, drain into something or other.
3.pull out rebound adjuster, undo that side with 5mm allen key. You may lose some oil out here too.
4.remove lowers, i had to give mine quite a yank, they felt as if they were stuck at first.
5.undo top nut of positive air side with 24mm socket, drain oil.
6.use circlip pliers to free the black end of the air piston, then remove air piston.
7.silde all the parts of the air piston off the end of the rod, taking note of order. There is a rubbery bung at the top, just below bottom out spacer, pull this down too, then slide on all travel spacer to desired travel. push everything back on to the air piston in order.
8.re insert piston into left hand leg, push right in, re attach circlip.
9.re install lowers, before putting on footnuts, put in 15mm/cc 15wt oil into each leg, then do up foot nuts to the correct torq settings.
10. turn upright, pour in 3-5ml 15wt oil into top of positive air chamber, do up top cap, re attach all adjusters/caps after pumping up to desired pressure.

Roberts your mothers brother.

Im sure its simple once you know what you are doing, but it was abit longer than a 10 min job for me as id read you could pop the piston out the top of the fork leg without removing the lowers…..i dont think you can, well i couldnt.

Follow that along with the link and you should get it mate.

Hope that helps

ahh, excellent, il keep pumping a bit more then. I like it nice and stiff!

Cheers

hammer, screw driver and socket. easy as. Remove the spacers and circlips, bang them out with a screwdriver and drift them in with a socket. sorted

well, with my sx it felt shit, now it doesn't.

I dont think any tyres or trips away would have cured this.

And the price difference between pushing your shock and a new 'top end' shock is quite considerable dont you think?

yes. definitely worth it.

Did the same with mine and improved the ride. My dhx felt dead prior to this and seemed to pack down all the time.

I dont know much else about giving you a technical breakdown of all the improvements i felt, but it made my sx ride nicer.

thats what i thought. surely ebay should reclaim the funds, hold them, then release them to me when he receives the goods.

Seems wrong and i am reluctant to send the forks off. Time for some emails i think.

hijacking the thread slightly, but on the ebay theme.

Bought some forks for £300 recently, discovered (after leaving positive feedback as the seller couldn't have the funds freed till this happened) that they were faulty.

Seller was a bit of an arse and despite numerous attempts to get his phone number to try and resolve the situation ignored me.

I opened a claim, escalated this for customer service support.

Claim went in my favour, now i have to send the fors back, with tracking number (fair enough) and then once this will happen ebay will REMIND the seller to remember to refund me.

So the seller essentially will have the forks back, and my £300. Until he decides/remembers to give me a refund.

All sounds like i have to be pretty trustworthy of a guy who was avoiding all contact with me

36 floats set at 130mm. awesome, much preferring them to the pikes i had on before.

its does make me laugh when people say that the only 'technical' bit of barrys is now gone. Rubbish, that last section was just, well, shite. A wide section of ruts with a couple of trees to avoid. Granted, the new ending is easy and trail centre-esque, but its longer than before, and a bit of a grin really. Some people seem to take this bike riding thing a bit too seriously….its fun remember.

i rode there this weekend for the first time, took a mate who doesn't usually ride off road. The black trail is a fun trail to ride, again, not sure if it warrants a black grading, but who cares, its a good crack.

Had a good weekend anyway, and want to say thanks to the 3 chaps that helped me out after i insisted my mate took the only camelbak with him with the spares when i peeled off to do the black and he stuck to the red. 'I'll be ok mate, shouldn't get a puncture with these dual ply tyres' are words i shouldn't of said as i rode off.

If you're reading this, thanks for the patches and in the end the spare tube, i wouldnt of fancied walking it!

what 36's do you have then? Vans? Because they're the only ones that cant be lowered. I have lowered 36 floats on my PA at 130mm and they feel great. I'd definitely recommend them on the front of a hardtail if you like to ride quite hard.

ahh ok then, now i see.

So, going by boz/nbt's train of thought, perhaps id be better off lending him my other halfs rigid trek hybrid?

haha, cheers Grumm, nice patronising answer there, i am aware its not ideal hence the thread. The world won't explode?? really? phew :)

its not a shitter, its just got shit forks, its brand new, just been in the loft a while, my missus didn't get on with mtb.

Ahh bollocks, i'l take all three

hmmmm me ride the carrera, now there's a thought that didn't cross my mind……;) Nope

yeh, im not too worried about the ups, have dragged the sx round afan a fair few times, but its only a few places that it was more fun than when i've been on the hardtail. If Llandegla is tamer, then the sx really is going to be a beast.

Looks like its the carrera for him, if its shit, he can rent a bike the next day. Job done :)

cheers, i think thats the basis of a plan, only 280 odd miles to drive too, practically local!

but you can buy externally mounted bb iscg adaptors which sit between the bb cup and the frame and replace one of the spacers (assuming your using hollowtech 2 cups?). I use one of these on my prince albert. looks like this –>

Or you can buy some chain devices that are actually bb mounted themselves.

Or that. yes

why not stay at home?

Would be more fun.

its great. i personally find it best on a hardtail, taken an sx trail and a vpfree there before and found most of the jumps/tight corners tough on a big bouncer. There are a few gaps/runs which are faster on a bigger bike, but the hardtail still rules there for me. Enjoy.

barry knows best.

So tech, people uplift it.

Gnarly

yeh may have to try the keilder one next year, really enjoyed the kona mash ups, despite all the problems.

Can you imagine UK health and saftey regs though for something like the mega over here? I just couldn't see it happening. Its one crazy event thats for sure.

its not a megavalanche, its a maxi event. Not done it myself but am considering the flims one in switzerland in oct.

Basically (from what i can make out on the site and from speaking with some people who have done it) theres 400 entries, they go in 4 qualifying heats on the sat, the top 152 (top 38 in each group?) go through to the main event, the rest go in a promo event. Then there are actually 2 races on the sun for each category, one in the morning, one in the afternoon. I guess they either combine your times, or take your best time? dont know about that.

Thats as much as i know mate, bu have sopken to a fair few people who have been and highly rated it. Just need to wangle another 3 day pass to switzerland now after managing to get away for the mega the other week!

do you not mean compression? As rebound damping slows the return of the fork once its gone through whatever amount of travel required for each hit.

People do it on hardtails. It will be hard going, and i’d imagine you’ll feel it by the bottom. IMO once your past alp d’huez town, a hardtail is almost a better choice of bike (lots of ups and downs and singletrack) but it is up top after the glacier and the top of the qualifier that will be hardest going on a hardtail. Just mke sure you get the fattest dual ply tyres you can fit, and run them at fairly high pressures!

I can’t wait, hopefully the weather will be a touch better race day this year!

Hmm, this was my problem, and it was me who made the recent thread. I hadn’t lost the springs and ball bearings though so knew it wasn’t that. Essentially what i did was remove the u turn adjuster and take out the ball bearings and stretch the little springs underneath by a couple of mm. Took it out for a few hours yesterday and travel remains the same as when i started.

First port of call will be to check for ball bearings/springs.

Its not dead easy to wind down manually, doesn’t feel any easier than usual really. Have re greased and stretched the 3 little springs very slightly, will see if that helps at all.

Cheers all