A friend of mine suffered the same issue, and a bikeshop fixed it using a Goodridge connector.

I like his emotionless stare into the camera, at the end of the video….!

All of the X9 chains seem good, plus they seem very resistent to corrosion.

Scott (on the carbon mtb’s) are 3 years but extendable to 5 years if the bike is serviced annually at a Scott dealer.

As for turnaround, my local dealer put in a claim on Scott’s online dealer application on a Monday evening, it was approved by 9am on Tuesday and a replacement arrived on Friday!

bump!

Let us know the outcome (and chase the Police to do something!) – waving weapons at people is NOT acceptable.

This is an educated guess, but I would say it will be normal shock oil and most likely 5wt. Many shocks use this (including the original Genius Mk1 TC shock and the Scott Spark Nude shock). It probably smells odd as it’s broken down and emulsified. Almost all Ransom owners seem to report annual shock issues! And also get specific rear shock oil as it apparently is able to deal with higher ‘shear forces’ which rear shocks are subject to!

One thing though, that shock must use an Internal Floating Piston, which seperates ‘air’ from oil – the air pushes against the piston to keep the oil volume constant. Many shocks use Nitrogen to charge the IFP (but some, including the original Genius shock used air, and you’ll get away with using air) – you need to know a) what pressure the air has to be at (Fox is, I think, something between 200-300psi, a DT is 300psi and a Scott Nude is 500psi) and b) how you’re going to get the air in – some kind of adaptor will be needed.

Good luck and post back as to how you get on.

Onzadog – went out for the PPDS last month, and couldn’t agree with you more! I just can’t help feeling the area is becoming a victim of it’s own success and the only growth has been been chanelled in to DH riding which is NOT how it used to be.

As also mentioned above, maintained trails are fine, on the whole, BUT those that aren’t have been thrashed – the last time I went was in 2006, and the differances 5 years on are massive. So many of the trails have got big sections of roots exposed, big ruts and drops. The Avalanche course could always be ridden on a 4-5″ bike, but for those of us not on DH bikes this time, it was a case of ‘forget it’.

Also testament to the growing popularity was the vast increase in the number of bikeshops in Morzine.

I’m afraid it’ll be a while before I go back…

Waderider:

I was told the problem would be able to be diagnosed WITHOUT tearing the shock apart – and to CALL ME if it was going to require that. I don’t expect anything for free, but in this case, I could have bought a new shock for not much more at the time, so it was going to be an uneconomical repair. So lets just get this straight – I never asked them to just go ahead and fix it – I said inspect it (as they agreed) and then if it requires a tear down, then call me.

It’s not a case of not wanting to pay – it’s a common-sense case of something be economical to repair or not. So thanks for your nicely put suggestion, but I’ll carry on riding FS but will also carry on making the call as to when it makes to pay someone to repair a shock or just buy a new one.

Just keep in touch with them to check on progress etc. My gripes with them were sending a shock back to them for warranty work, but which also needed non-warranty work doing. When I called to ask where my shock was, they said I owed them money for parts used – ‘well, if you don’t tell me, how do I know to call and pay’!!! I wonder how long it would have sat there……..

Also I sent a shock back saying if a full service was required then CALL ME. Guess what, they tore the shock to bits so I had no choice but to pay them to service/rebuild it (despite them saying an inspection of the issue would not require this).

And no matter what the problem is, the cause is always ‘ingress of grit’…………..! Even in some cases where this clearly is NOT the case/cause!

Madison are the UK agent for ALL DT products and are also the service centre for all DT products. However, Pace are also an appointed service centre who can (apparently) service all DT forks/shocks as well.

Also, as I understood it, ANY bikeshop with an account open with Madison, can send your forks off to Madison to be serviced. But I guess the ‘easiest’ option is to post them direct to Pace.

Personally I would send the forks (via bikeshop) to Madison. In my experience (and this is my experience ONLY), I’ve never been impressed with Pace – they seem to do the minimum work for the max cash. I’m sure many will pop up now and say how great Pace are, but I am just speaking from my own experience.

The other thing is that, in my experience, Madison are cheaper on servicing, compared to Pace (certainly they are on the prices for servicing DT rear shocks).

I mean 9speed compatible chain rings!!!!!

:D

The ‘proper’ DT tool is a 6-prong socket – but (typically) it’s not available!

Yes, I’d love to mash the top-cap to pieces!

Thanks for all that – I was just purely interested at what is out there!

So let me get this right – if you have an internal headset (like on Scott, for example), then you just tap out existing headset race, and then press in the Cane Creek cup, and hey presto, you can run a tapered frok?

I too was there – seemed really chilled out! Also interested to know what this bloke was having a paddy about?

That’s it – the Canyon 1.44!

Thanks

“How are we still doing this after a year”

Because you suck it and see and go on previous experience, and because you don’t always check forums (or DO but don’t get back definitive answers).

That’s why we’re STILL seeing this question and will probably continue to do so.

Re. DT shocks, on the 165mm shocks (plus the Scott Spark Nude), the IFP depth is 38mm. The oil to use is 5wt and the IFP pressure is 35bar. The air-valve adpator to use is the one that Manitou SPV shocks use, however, the neck of the valve needs turning down by about 1-2mm to allow it to insert in to the valve port. The seals can be obtained from a Belgian-based tuner – forkparts.com.

If anyone wants anymore info, then email me at cws196 <AT> googlemail <DOT> com

I also used air instead of nitrogen. I take the advice from the RS video on youtube, for servicing the Monarch. They say you can use air fine in the IFP, but you just make have to do the service more often. Biggest expense was getting the parts needed – ie the air valve adaptor and the (Scott) shock pump which goes up to 500psi.

I’ve serviced my own DT and Spark Nude rear shocks. You can get the seals and I also worked out an adaptor to use when re-charging the IFP.

Getting the info on how to do was NOT easy…..!

Ok – thanks for the replies. You live and learn!

Surely the mech is just a slave to the shifter? – it ios the shifter that is indexed and not the rear mech. The mech is not indexed at all and has limit screws, which you can adjust to suit.

And aside to the above, the mech outer cage is resting on the mech body, but still still coming back far enough to be in-line with the smallest cog.

I’ve thought lots about will a 10spd mech work with a 9spd cassette, and to my mind I can’t see why not (although I will happily stand corrected if it is otherwise the case – not just ‘SRAM say it won’t work!). Surely it’s the same principle as 9/8spd – ie 9speed mechs work fine with 8? And 10spd plus 9spd cassettes are the same overall width.

How old is the fork? Just bought some EXM150’s and wondering how long the bushes will last?!

I don’t know if anyone remembers, but MBR tested a load of airshocks on a dyno back in mid-2009 – and the Monarch came out the best!

Hope BB’s can also creak where the bearings sit in the bb cups – what you can do is press out the bearings, clean both surfaces with something such as isopropylalcohol, then smear a light coating of lok-tite on the surface of the cups where the bearings sit, then press the bearings back in again.

Mine is a 2005 but bought in 2007! And being a 2005, it was the first of the carbon Genius frames.

Always (straingley!) re-assuring when someone else has had the same issue…

Scott’s warranty is brilliant

That’s encouraging then :-)

Really? I’m sure I last went there in early 2008!

Common problem on the previous design 9-speed shifters. I tried following some instructions on line, but getting the whole thing back together was horrendous and I gave up in the end. If you can, try and get it warrantied.

anyone?!

Marin Indian Fire, then a Marin Mount Vision, and then a Mount Vision pro (yes, I liked Marin then!)

Just wondered which ex-SUMBC people are on here

Yes – 1996-1999

Happy days….

I’ve only watched the youtube vid, but it looks not too bad a job. You do, however, need the airvalve adaptor to re-charge the IFP, and you’ll use air and not nitrogen (assuming you don;t have access to nitrogen?!) – which will make no real noticeable differance for average Jo. You’d probably want to replace the seals as well, if you do the full service.

Having had a Dyson and now I Bosch, I wouldn’t bother with a Dyson again.

davetrave – sorry! riding a Mk1 Large, with 130mm forks and a 100mm stem

Looks like a Large is the way to go then!

davetrave – thanks for your reply, but your’s is a Mk1 Genius and sizing has changed dramatically on the Mk2!

LOL! Good 3rd scenario!