Shop Days

Almost immediately after attending the Fox Racing Shox tech seminar, a Fox 32 finds its way into the shop. A few warning signs immediately go off - The bike is completely crusted with mud and after further questioning, the fork has not been serviced in its ~5 years of use...

So we check it in for a tuneup....

Removing the lowers

Uhhh, that liquid is supposed to be clear..

So that's pretty much pure sediment inside the suspension. All the seals are shot and even the bushings are done for. Finally - the stanchions are rubbed right through the protective coating (= leakages until they're replaced)

Here's a more fun one - Customer has a Trek Remedy 9 with the new XTR plus derailleur. Anyways the derailleur became really stiff whenever they tried to shift up - Clearly an issue with the tension in the derailleur clutch! So first things first!

Remove the clutch casing

Select the integrated wrench inside the casing and dial down that tension!

All I can say after this is thank god for Pink Bike's Tech Tuesday, otherwise I would have had no idea how to do this.

POST SCRIPT TRAINING UPDATE
As the weather rebounds from hitting almost 30 degrees and then back to flurries my training goes outside and in. The previous week has seen a couple of road rides (the longest being ~90km) As it got colder I found solace in the trainer. Last night was 6 reps of 30 seconds 110% followed by 4 minutes off. Probably the only time I'll willingly listen to dubstep is when I'm grinding it out on the trainer and need the loudest, most obscene amount of racket possible. My theory is that the "music" overloads my auditory senses thus deafening the pain in my legs...

Plan for the coming week is to continue with the volume with a couple of quick intervals somewhere in between. Good Friday and Sunday is coming up so hopefully I'll be able to get in some nice long rides. Also my new road bike is said to be arriving within a week or so, fingers crossed...