February 25, 2007 at 5:01 pm
· Filed under Bikes, Cycling
I finally got round to dragging my bike across London to get the shot suspension checked out.
Seems it is indeed shot, the piston has reversed or somesuch and needs to be replaced. I was happy to discover that it is my fault for riding the bike with the suspension locked out. The fox suspension unit comes with 3 settings, one is super bouncy, t’other is designed for more efficient pedaling and the other is lock out for when you don’t want any bounce. Apparently I am only supposed to use this setting for hill climbing, using it for any longer than this will result in catastrophic failure!
I got home and turned my bedroom upside down to find the manual, I am more pleased to discover that the official line on the lock out setting is that it is used for “Hill climbing and road riding” so it aint my fault!
The kind people at Cyclesurgery have taken it off my hands anyway and are agreeing to fix it under warranty so thankfully I will not be forced to have screaming ab dabs in the middle of the store.
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jason wrote @ February 25th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Thats great news Angela. I had a similar problem with my bottom bracket….twice. They said I had been washing it with a hose and the water got into the ’sealed’ unit. But I hadn’t because of the water ban and they agreed to replace it free twice in six months, even though the first BB was out of warranty. Let me know when you have the bike back & we’ll do the hills:)
celeste wrote @ February 26th, 2007 at 12:02 am
I just want to say congratulations on the 5km time trial. It’s hard to get out there in front of lots of people knowing you will finish near the back of the pack. (I know!) But at the same time it’s satisfying and lots of fun - especially when you manage to beat some people home!! Keep it up!
Jaykay wrote @ February 26th, 2007 at 11:18 am
Hi there WW
Just wanted to say hi and thanks for dropping by my blog.
All the names of places that you run brings back lots of memories of my 10 years in the UK.
I’m coming back over at Xmas this year. My hubby is from the UK and it’ll be his first time home in nearly 4 years.
Just hope it’s not going to be too cold….Don’t like cold weather!
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