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Ti Nitride? Rockshox has been there in the past in the early 2000's, before abandoning it for thier "slippery silver" coating

Hexlock is a great idea. Long time Manitou fan here. Love my Dorado, and can't beat the Circus for value/performance. I'm just wondering why go with a nut instead of an end bolt on the axle. I've never had an mtb fork with a thru axle that required a socket to remove the axle... Preload bolt...

I'm not digging the NUT on the end of the axle. Should have gone with a little end bolt like so many other forks over the years. Also, only 2 (M6?) Bolts holding on the axle castings, and no visible knurling on the bottom of the stanchion to resist the vasting twisting against the stanchion. And...

Check on the Check on that damper leg soon. Grip damper circulates the oil, so your fox5wt is going to mix with your motorex 2.5wt.

I don't "need" these, but I sure do want them. I FInally got a pair of these last year, but pretty keen on another set... I'll send through a PM.

I have an old 26" 40 sitting here unused, but it's the original style with rebound on top. Good internals, with scratched stanchions.

That seems like an odd size for an old frame. Do you mean 8.75 x 2.75 ?

The motorex has a very similar CST and will likely perform better. The fox 10wt / silkolene rsf 10 is much more suited to use inside sealed dampers, and less suited for lowers lubrication. It seems to have been an odd choice by fox to use it in their open bath dampers. I'd say if you already...

I would say that hole is supposed to be there. Probably a bleed hole to help some oil bypass the base valve on high speed hits where it would normally spike. Open bath dampers will always foam the oil to some degree. That oil looks bad. You may want to disassemble the damper to clean out all of...

Oil change on fox O/B forks are easy. -Undo the top caps, drain oil. -Undo foot nuts. Tap loose spring and damper rod from lowers. -Drop the lowers and remove the damper. (+ float assembly to grease the piston seal) -Pump the damper up and down a bunch of times to drain out all the oil inside...

How high off the ground are your grips? That's got to be some kind of record.

I know a guy who owns a Lobo. He got it from Rob Eva in the early 2000's. Every time I see him I ask if he's ready to sell, but he is still not willing to let it go This one is near the top of my dream old DH bikes for sure!

I'm in Upwey and will keep an eye out for it in my travels around the hills

Twin tube means the damper body is made from 2 tubes, 1 inside the other. Allowing a 'circulating' oil path through the shock/fork damper. TPC (twin piston cartridge) is the seperation of rebound/compression into 2 seperate valves/pistons. Although some TPC designs use a 'midvalve' on the back...

Poodle, you should just buy it already. They have a pretty low top tube and a straight seat tube, so you will make it work with slammed seat or short dropper, and wish you had bought it months ago.