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And the washers are in the wrong spot, silly rabbit! - Joel

One bike service - $95 One chain - $60 Some brake pads - $40 One routine ct scan - $250 No cracks! See you in 6 months. I can only imagine the market reaction to this level of caution. - Joel

Ctd cartridge has come apart, check mtbr forums shocks and suspension for ctd thread detailing this and the fix. - Joel

Use everything, there are some pretty good ones, but p&k lie are the best. There's a guy on Gumtree selling some I think. - Joel

Fit cartridge, only two things ever fail - bladder splits, or the lower seal head wears out, leaking oil into lowers. The cartridge will accept oil from the lowers into the bladder over time, increasing the pressure in that bladder. It is important to drain and bleed the damper every 12...

12 x 3.5mm. Can mail you one or it will come in a service kit from rs. - Joel

Often grab those exact pieces of swarf out of pikes. Usually they're from the tapered recess where the air shaft sits. If they're not in a thousand pieces they probably haven't damaged anything. -Joel

Remove the spring. It won't index and will return when you release it. - Joel

Praxis conversion bb is excellent. Actually expands and secures into the shell. - Joel

Snoke is Yoda's evil progeny. - Joel

Tidy kit, those guys do some cool stuff. Don't forget the SAE hex keys for fox forks. Ultimately, you'll need about six circlip pliers as well. As for the op, learning stuff with friends is easier and more efficient. Share skills and tools with riding buddies. - Joel

M675. Slx. Different freehub. - Joel

A lot of distributors now realise that these small accounts add up to a lot, and will grow with time. Regional areas can have trouble attracting sales rep visits but there's no reason not to sell to them. Some brands require a line of products to be stocked but this is a minority and usually for...

Starting in a garage is a good way to test things out and build a client base at low cost. Quite a few successful bike shops and importers started as home businesses. There's a gap for a shop in Wright or nearby. - Joel

Is your market (Canberra) big enough to specialise in a discipline? How will your money come in, for the first 12 months? Are you prepared to work on crappy bikes and pretend to be interested? high end mtb could, with time, make up perhaps 30% of your revenue. It will take time and hard work to...