Chris Phillipo wrote:
|||| I'm getting damned sick and tired of this "Google it" attitude on Usenet. If you don't feel
|||| it's worth your time to answer *a freaking question* then don't waste your time telling people
|||| to fool with a search engine.
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||| What's that word that is used so much on this group, wait, oh yeah, "I-R-O-N-Y". Yeah, what is
||| so ironic, is that the people who are the observed experts (yeah right) of this group are
||| usually the ones who make baseless opinions about prouducts but never seem to offer any proof
||| backing up their opinion, other then to go check Google and an insult for using that product.
||| What's really ironic and hypocritical are those who refer to mtbreview.com users as "etards",
||| but, at the same time, those individuals regularly visit their discussion groups and post
||| pictures on the website.
||
|| Part of the reason I don't often post or read this group any more is that I either have to
|| killfile or ignore so many regular posters because they have this smug notion that they are God's
|| gift to mountain biking and their opinion (opinion, not knowledge) is the only one that matters.
||
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|
| Why Rock Shox sucks, the condensed version:
|
| Strike 1 Rock Shox uses oil in their shocks, but not for lubrication, they use a shot glass or
| less full of it for damping. To lube a Rock Shox requires taking it apart and gently rubbing it
| with $5/oz lube that looks striking like the $5/Kg stuff at Walmart. Proper forks are filled with
| oil, the oil both cleans and lubricates as well as providing the damping medium. A shock should
| need service once or twice a year and last 6 years + with no degradation in performance. I believe
| the last time I picked up a Rockshox manual it recommended removing the legs every 20 hours of use
| and giving it a hand job.
|
| Strike 2 Rock Shox puts an unholy emphasis on lightness and gimmicks. Some of their latest
| "innovations" in the last 5 years are raised lettering on their lowers, spaghetti like arches and
| a plastic knob that lets you choose how much slop you want between the stanchions and sliders.
|
| Strike 3 Rock Shox noticed that their forks never leak oil, so they decided to save a few pennies
| per fork by no longer supplying oil seals, just dust wipers. They said that their dust wipers are
| so magical that oil seals were redundant. See strike #1 for the real reason the forks do not leak
| oil but do collect every bit of debris that comes their way.
|
| Sorry I didn't elaberate in my first post.
On behalf of those who do use RS products, I thank you
Nelson<--Long time user of Manitou products