Which fork???
houghw
Posts: 9
I'm sure this has probably been covered before and if so I'm sorry...
My Diamondback DBX Race bike came equipped with a set of Suntour XCR forks...
Last week I compressed the front suspension as I always do when leaving the bike shed (no idea why, just habit I guess) but this time the fork only compressed a couple of cm before hitting a solid stop!
Fearing that something serious was up with the fork, I removed it from the bike and dis-assembled it. Then I separated the stanchions I discovered that the fork seal had leaked and this had allow the forks to fill up with water that had frozen solid in the cold weather (that’ll do it
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Looking at the disassembled forks it was obvious that the seals had probably been leaking for some time as there is quite a lot of corrosion on the inner part of the forks!
Anyway, the upshot of all this is that the fork is probably FUBAR and needs replacing and I was wondering what forks would be best?
I don’t do much off road riding and when I do it tends to be along trains rather than the flying down the side of the mountain type of riding. The bike is primarily used as a day to day commuter…
Any ideas would be gratefully received.
My Diamondback DBX Race bike came equipped with a set of Suntour XCR forks...
Last week I compressed the front suspension as I always do when leaving the bike shed (no idea why, just habit I guess) but this time the fork only compressed a couple of cm before hitting a solid stop!
Fearing that something serious was up with the fork, I removed it from the bike and dis-assembled it. Then I separated the stanchions I discovered that the fork seal had leaked and this had allow the forks to fill up with water that had frozen solid in the cold weather (that’ll do it
)Looking at the disassembled forks it was obvious that the seals had probably been leaking for some time as there is quite a lot of corrosion on the inner part of the forks!
Anyway, the upshot of all this is that the fork is probably FUBAR and needs replacing and I was wondering what forks would be best?
I don’t do much off road riding and when I do it tends to be along trains rather than the flying down the side of the mountain type of riding. The bike is primarily used as a day to day commuter…
Any ideas would be gratefully received.
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