"Bill Wheeler" <
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> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:50:01 -0500, "Joseph Jozwik" <
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> >This is a high variable question. What would be the average life for a shock. years' including
> >rebuilding..
>
> You're right this is a high variable question.
I agree with Mr Wheeler on this one. FWIW, when you look at it it's so variable as to be almost
unpredictable. Mud, grit, sand, dust, wet or dry, hot or cold, lizard skins or bare, scratches on
the surfaces, weight of the rider, correct pressures and adjustments, riding style and jumps or lack
of, crashes and their related unusual torque or forces, how many times a week you ride and where and
how, the type of bike and geometry, not to mention the minute manufacturing flaws involved.......
How can you have so many variables and make an accurate prediction on how long it might last? I
suppose the manufacturers have some idea. Like anything else, name brands usually have name for a
reason (and a decent warranty if things go wrong.) The rest? Take your chances as usual. I'd
certainly expect to get a couple or three years use out of mine even without much maintenance...
Westie
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> Peace, Bill (trying a new more "nurturing" technique)Wheeler
>
> ;-)
>
> P.S. Don't listen to anything Slacker says until he removes that blasphemous sig.
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>
> The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should
> give an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
> :-]