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@MitchSwanson: I recently sent my 2013 Fox fork to the Wanaka Fox agent for a service and their assessment was the damper had "collapsed" and they could not source a replacement damper and the fork should be replaced. Since then I have disassembled the damper, located and replaced the 2x damaged o-rings, filled with the damper with oil and the fork is now working again. While i have always supported Fox servicing, the parts availability and knowledge in this case was limited for forks 9 years +. If youre gonna own bikes with older forks, despite the agents diagnosis, it is possible the fork or shock my be economical to fix.

Still makin Matt Walkers.

A ram named Sam and a lamb named Pam, in a haste for the taste of marmalade jam..

Lets just call them totally different sports.

Aw cmon guys, this article is obviously trolling people that don't have kids. Kids old enough for a balance bike don't give a sh*t if its carbon, just if its got stars on it.

I made up some custom protection for my bike out of some moto frame wrap with adhesive backing in around 2015. It took a while to individually cut all the shapes to fit the frame but it came up a treat. After around a year the edges started to attract dirt and lift but I put up with it looking shabby knowing the frame was good underneath. I recently removed the wrap and the paint underneath was unmarked although some of the clearcoat had peeled off with the wrap. I bought a new bike in 2018 and installed RideWrap to the frame, this also took a bit of time to fit but the end result looked great. 4 years on the bike still looks like new and the edges of the wrap not noticeable. This product also does not use adhesive to stick to the frame. While both wraps worked, the deal breaker of the DIY wrap for me was that the removing process still damaged the paint I was trying to protect and I had to put up with the tatty looking wrap up until then.

@tanadog:

@Three6ty:

In my opinion, on a wet steep track, a 90s rigid bike retrofitted with hydraulic discs would beat a 2021 full sus retrofitted with cantilever rim brakes down the hill all day long.

I have a 2013 Trek Slash (26") and a 2017 Rocky Mountain Slayer (27.5") and I regularly get Strava DH PBs on both bikes on the same trails. I find that how fast I am depends more on my confidence than how new the bike is.