Miguel75
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I’ve recently ventured out and bought myself my first full suspension frame, Banshee Rune, and was given a “damaged” Monarch Plus with the frame (for free). I took it as I want to learn how to service them myself and figured it’s already broken so I can learn in safety.
The shock had lost air and my mate was told by his LBS the shock was munted: that there were scratches on the internal stanchion and couldn’t be fixed, so he bought a new shock from them.
I’ve pulled it apart and the piston and stanchion look perfect. I’m trying to decided if it’s worth me doing a full service and buying all the necessary fluids/service kit/monarch valve adaptor... I’ve included a pic of the internals: there are no scratches or marks on the stanchion/seal head/air can internal or piston. Should I be looking for damage elsewhere?
The other question I have for the brains trust;
I’m 103kg (nude), not particularly fast or furious on the bike but I like trails like Elevation, Travs Diamond etc. and the tune on this shock is L/L... I’ve never owned/fiddled with a FS rig so it’s all new to me.
Will a L/L tune be ok or should I look to make some changes and get something that’ll support my bacon habit?
Thanks in advance.
The shock had lost air and my mate was told by his LBS the shock was munted: that there were scratches on the internal stanchion and couldn’t be fixed, so he bought a new shock from them.
I’ve pulled it apart and the piston and stanchion look perfect. I’m trying to decided if it’s worth me doing a full service and buying all the necessary fluids/service kit/monarch valve adaptor... I’ve included a pic of the internals: there are no scratches or marks on the stanchion/seal head/air can internal or piston. Should I be looking for damage elsewhere?
The other question I have for the brains trust;
I’m 103kg (nude), not particularly fast or furious on the bike but I like trails like Elevation, Travs Diamond etc. and the tune on this shock is L/L... I’ve never owned/fiddled with a FS rig so it’s all new to me.
Will a L/L tune be ok or should I look to make some changes and get something that’ll support my bacon habit?
Thanks in advance.
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