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  1. SirChomps-a-Lot

    Official commuter thread

    Commuter Vibes. This will be a good commuter if commuting is a thing that ever happens again. For now it's just a boring ol winter bike / gravel bike.
  2. SirChomps-a-Lot

    Monarch XX remote lockout banjo bolt

    Yeah the banjo-like fitting at the rebound knob at the shock should be loose in the sense that it rotates around the rebound knob assembly. Not spins freely, but it should rotate with not very much force. There's like a set screw on the shock body that goes into a groove in the rebound knob...
  3. SirChomps-a-Lot

    Monarch XX rebound knob assembly rebuild

    Yep I can help, I had that same problem. I had to disassemble the shock before I could get the knob back in. I believe that small ball you are referring to is the top of the compression needle, which the lockout mechanism pushes down via a cone shaped piece that extends from the knob. There is...
  4. SirChomps-a-Lot

    Monarch XX rebound knob assembly rebuild

    yusss, I got it y'all -- it's regular threaded, unscrews with a 2.5mm allen key. The secret was hitting the knob with a heat gun plus putting enough torque into a 2.5mm allen key to just about snap the dang thing in half.
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    Monarch XX rebound knob assembly rebuild

    it's all metal. I am a bit worried about melting the o-rings in there.. if I melt the o-rings that's a point of no return. I guess the worst case scenario is $50 for a replacement knob assembly.
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    Monarch XX rebound knob assembly rebuild

    ooh here's a picture from bikeman, who are selling this whole replacement knob assembly. I believe it shows the part in question partially unthreaded from the rebound knob. Crap it's definitely threaded but super hard to tell from that image if it's regular threads or reverse threads.
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    Monarch XX rebound knob assembly rebuild

    Haha yeah I remember the frustration finding that snap ring on the banjo fitting when I was rebuilding my fork a couple months ago. I don't _think_ there's a snap ring on this piece but I could be wrong. I think this piece may accept an allen key, one seems to fit. I put as much torque on it as...
  8. SirChomps-a-Lot

    Monarch XX rebound knob assembly rebuild

    Rebuilding my monarch XX, everything is going well so far except I can't figure out how to remove this piece in the rebound knob assembly so I can replace the o-rings that seal that needle that engages the compression rod. Anyone know how to remove this piece?
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    Turner RFX Redux: To Valhalla

    Yep stiffee SL. There was a roundtube version with a headtube guesset and a version with the shaped easton tubes (RAD?) and no headtube gusset. I think I had the roundtube version. I think it only felt noodly because of the qr fox fork (which eventually cracked at the dropout). I bet it would...
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    Geometry question for the people who ride multiple types of bikes

    Haha, yeah it's hard to find a trail that's better on a 2005 bike. But there are a few of them out there.
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    Single crown optins

    Do you guys remember a thread I started in like 2004 about running a 6" dual crown on a trail bike? I ran a Sherman slider on my trail bike for 6 years with no creaks
  12. SirChomps-a-Lot

    Single crown optins

    Wow I've never seen a CSU creak so bad you could actually feel it. That doesn't sound safe to ride.
  13. SirChomps-a-Lot

    Single crown optins

    Yep, it sure does make you hate all things with wheels. What do you mean it destroys the suspension action, though?
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    Single crown optins

    Yep, you flip the bike upside down. Sit on the rear wheel. Put one hand around each fork leg. Slowly and firmly push away from you, then slowly and firmly pull back toward you. You should hear the CSU creaking. Totally serious.
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    Single crown optins

    I don't think fox will fix the CSU, they will replace it. This is an OK option if you're under warranty but it will probably creak again. Blue Liquid Labs claims that due to how "fretting corrosion" works, the best thing do do is let the CSU get hella creaky, then press out the stanctions...
  16. SirChomps-a-Lot

    Single crown optins

    A big-ol 36 won't prevent CSU creak. Also, CSU creak doesn't indicate that your fork is about to fail. The general consensus is that a creaky CSU is safe to ride. I had the stanctions on my 34 pressed out, cleaned out and loctited, and pressed back in by this dude. No creaks since. Highly...
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    Geometry question for the people who ride multiple types of bikes

    Agree, but because of tires and body position. Not because of head angle and sort stem, long TT. Edit: and weight, and aero, and gearing.
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    Geometry question for the people who ride multiple types of bikes

    I don't think anyone is claiming to know better. All I see here is questions. We need someone to actually try it or we'll never know if it works. But my point about trails changing is that roads don't change that much. My guess is that mainstream road Geo is pretty close to optimal, but I'd...
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    Geometry question for the people who ride multiple types of bikes

    Yeah, I haven't seen any long, low & slack road _race_ bikes. I say have one made custom and let the haters hate. You know I was thinking that I never wish for more stability on my road bike, but that's not true. When I'm getting blasted by cross-winds I often feel a bit unstable. One other...