I ride alot of freeride, some downhill. If anyone knows of Duthie Hill in Washington, that is where I ride mostly. Lots of drops, ladders, etc. I have a 2007 foes fly and am planning on buying a new fork. It's between a 2012 Rock Shox Domain Dual Crown or a 2011 Rock Shox Boxxer R2C2. Both are brand new. What would you guys recommend? Oh and the domain is $500 and R2C2 is $730.
The ceramic pads are porous. This means it has little microscopic holes in the pad's material. He said he squeezed the brakes after he spilled the oil on them, and tried braking with them. This means that whatever oil was spilt on the pads, was pressed firmly, and evenly into these microscopic pores on the brake pad. The oil is inside there now. Scratching them on a brick wall, won't get that oil out. Soaking them in washing up liquid over night won't get that oil out; that will just at best dilute the oil that is still inside the pores. Getting a blowtorch is absurd.
If he continues to ride his brakes as they are, he will have inferior braking power compared to having a set of fresh disc-pads in there. Braking is serious; it could mean the difference between life or death.
I don't know about you, but I value my life at a little more than 10 pounds.
It would help if he explained to us how much oil was spilt on there, because this also plays a factor in the outcome....By the way he describes it, it sounds like just a squirt.
Safest, most logical, and easiest thing to do by far, is to order new pads and install them. I know this doesn't sound as exciting and ingenious as your 'Blue Peter' / 'Inspector Gadget' methods, but it's the correct thing to do.
You're either a f*cking idiot or the best troll ever. I have cleaned a shiteload of contaminated pads with spirits and a flat concrete wall and they've been absolutely fine. I am guessing you personally have no experience doing this, unless you have been previously murdered by a set of GT-85'd Superstar Sintereds of course and are now Pinkbiking from fecking valhalla.
I also agree with the boxxers, the domains are so heavy! I have single crown domains and they're ok but they feel like they get to a certain point where they're plush then after that it's randomley harder to push/compress them. I haven't ridden my mates dual crown domains but they are heavy.
Don't want to start a massive 40 vs boxxer war (plenty of other threads on here for that!) but I personally rate 40s slightly over boxxers (albeit a lot of it is down to personal preference). You won't be disappointed with them, and the 2012 damper is really impressive. Leagues ahead of the Domains...
you can make your truing stand too, almost finished building one with nothing but a few wingnuts, a threaded rod and a piece pine.
yea I know, I plan on building one...and using a couple of cheap digital calipers attached to it....with an old fork or something...i got a ton of crap bike parts I could use..
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