[T-Pirate]

I'm trying to get my SGS back working again, and riding it today I noticed the fork feels pretty much horrible. Its a Sherman Breakout, the fork feels pretty smooth pushing down on it, but when you ride it it all but quits working. If I manual, when the front end comes back down the fork hardly compresses. Could I be misdiagnosing the problem as temperature, when its really just lack of maintenance catching up to me?

If it helps, I have a sherman firefly+ on my hardtail that feels perfect right now.

 

[Curb Hucker]

how cold is it in your garage. If its below freezing then this could be your problem, either that or your complete lack of maintanance. Try finding a spot inside for your rig

 

[T-Pirate]

how cold is it in your garage. If its below freezing then this could be your problem, either that or your complete lack of maintanance. Try finding a spot inside for your rig

Its probably sub 40 at night, I stuck it in the laundry room for now, I'll go ride it after its been inside for awhile and see if that solves it, if not, I'll open the fork up and figure it out.

 

[HTFR]

the temp does affect the viscosity(i don't know how to spell) of the oil, so ya a colder temp with deffinetly slowthings down, my fork feels similar.

 

[blue]

Lighter oil can help when it starts to gel at colder temps...

 

[ChrisRobin]

The cold is playing a part...there was one year when we went riding and it was cold out, snow on the ground, cold mud...a mess. Everyone's forks were acting up. One guy blew out his seals on his Marz fork. I think only Zedro's Shiver was ok.