Well, I’ll start with this:
I’m no shock mechanic but I try to work on my bikes as much as I can. I took my bike (2022 stumpy evo) in to a local MTB specific shop to look at a rear shock noise. Shop kept it for a few days (mechanic wasn’t in when I dropped it off) and they called me today to tell me the rear shock is experiencing cavitation and they can’t do anything about it. I can send it to fox and spend close to $200 to service it. Which seems insane considering I can get a better newer shock on sale for like $400.
Bought bike February 2022 brand new (and WAY over priced/Covid inflated)
Rode it consistently until the following October. Only put about 500 miles on it in about 7 months. I’m in Phoenix so we can ride all winter but I slowed down a lot in the summer. But truly, 500 miles, probably 100 of which were flat commuter paths because I don’t have a road bike and sometimes just feel like riding. Mid Feb-early October.
I got an emtb in October (13 months ago) and I basically stopped riding my stumpy evo. Wasn’t the plan, but it happened.
Well, I want to get back to riding it now. I started servicing it and noticed this shock noise. My questions to you all:
Is it possible for this to happen after this short of a life on the bike? Did I get a lemon? Did I not realize something was wrong even back when I was riding this bike consistently and make the issue worse? Can this happen just from a bike sitting?
I’m frustrated because this seems 100% like a warranty issue to me. As far as I can tell, I didn’t do anything wrong like over pumping it or riding DH with the firm switch on. Shock probably just barely needs a 50 hour service now.
Video shows me lightly compressing shock. Sounds like a dang squirt gun.
Would you try to warranty this? Am I missing something? Thank you all.
by Lubbbbbb