sorry went quiet on this one, in the end Rockshox replaced the CSU and Damper, took an age though. Tru Tune also replaced the insert. on inspection there was nothing wrong with that in the end, can only assume some filth has got in and scored the insides, or perhaps when a shop replaced the air spring when I bought the bike (didn’t have any 170mm zebs so swapped to a 170mm  form a 190mm air spring or so i thought, turns out the put a 16omm in!) they made a mess of that install, who knows

what i can say is the 2023 air spring and buttercup is way better and worth popping in the forks are being serviced especially if it turns out teh fork are at wrong travel for bike, which also explains why it felt so odd

Spoke to John at Trutune today who is very helpful, will be sending the unit up to them when I get it back so they can do some digging, they also spoke to tftune and there must be some wires crossed with what I was told by the tech looking at a my fork as there was only one recorded fail of a prototype they dealt with but no others.

Will have to see if the trutune actually was faulty once they have had it back or if anything else wriggled into the air chamber,

Should add before my fork started to feel off (most likley the damper fail), the Trutune did as advertised and definitely did result in a much better feeling Zeb, so those whose have them shouldn’t worry about that, keep an eye on those dampers though

Trutune removed and kept quiet on the report. Tftuned said it has damaged the inside of the air spring, apparently common 🙁 I just sent Trutune a message to see what they say.

the description they had was they thought some of the little bits of carbon had come out and scored the insides but as far as i know the unit stayed together

as to who fitted it, i did as it just screws on like a token

I think i’ll stick a smashpot coil in if the warranty doesn’t replace the CSU and just the damper. Fingers crossed for a whole new fork. BUT we all like new stuff so defo go fork hunting beyond teh usual OEM brands, not a massive fan of fox forks, would like a bogey green DVO on my purple transition spire

Hey, The instinct is a good looking watch but after a year I swapped to Fenix as its a substantially better watch. The instinct is great for general tracking but useless if you want use any navigation functions. its sensors are also nowhere near as good as the fenix. but a big advantage if you go solar, is technically you shouldn’t need to charge in in summer at least

Ain’t those Unparallel shoes a rejig of the Teva shoes from a few years ago?

I’m in the same boat! GX Cassette is now worn I discovered when swapping to the 4th chain.

Anyone used the sunrace 12speed on xd? I can’t find a reviews apart from it can be a bugger fit.

Cassettes are like unicorn horns at the moment. Anyone used a e13 helix? More than gx but cheaper than xo/xx

yeah you need the bleeding edge tool for caliper, its worth buying the proper SRAM tool as all the cheaper variants i’ve used do not fit properly.

i ve used the the version epic bleed sell and its not great you have to firmly hold it in in place or it just leaks and falls out. its also really difficult to get a good bleed with the non sram copies

thanks all ive decided ill give RSF a try spoke to Dave, seems like he knows his stuff and pretty fair pricing too considering even a decent second hand fork is £400+

might fix and flog mine for some shiny new RS Lyriks as im not fan of the Fox 36

Cheers guys dropped rsf a mail to see how much it costs.

good answers guys, I think the NSMB article referenced above makes a good point that ultimately the only difference in in the wallet. I also take from this that it really is a preference thing

dont think anyone has mentioned that alloy is marginally more environmentally friendly as it could be recycled although the likelihood is that eventually both carbon and alloy end up in land fill.

the comment regarding looking elsewhere for a perhaps cheaper alloy frame i think misses my original question as there a plenty of uber expensive alloy bikes around too. i personally would like to jump on the SC bandwagon and quite happy to go Carbon but when the bikes weigh nearly the same, ride the same and come in the same spec, why spend the extra money.

mind is made up gonna go alloy Bronson S unless i stumble across an 18 carbon nomad in Ink blue
cheers guys

Sold for a freddo ha.

Yeah im guessing it’s time of year. If it hasn’t sold by March I may consider pulling it to bits to selling as parts

that nsmb knolly article is a good one! obvs doesnt relate to santa cruz directly but certainly show that allow vs carbon is negligible .

so ultimately the wallet decides

did think this would be lurking some where on here.

these few answers validate my thoughts too probably not worth but wins bling points

Thanks again guys

on here and now back on Pink Bike

hopefully i get some genuine interest and not another break in

Cheers guys. Using gumtree resulted in my shed being broken into thankfully the motorbike chain used kept them safe. I’ve tried pinkbike successful before but no joy this time.

I was avoiding eBay as didn’t want to pay the 10% fee but looks like best and probably safest option and hopefully gets rid of all the tyre kickers.

Got a m giant reign 1 and bird zero for sale if anyone’s looking 😉