The rear shock went first time I rode it as I'm a lot heavier than my little brother who gave me the bike. I took it to a recommended shop to get the forks fixed and other stuff. He said he couldn't fix the shock as it had to be sent away for nitro inserting ? Gonna be around 150€
He said he put air and oil in, but the nitro gave it the rebound. Maybe it was a language problem, but all my pals say he's good.
So maybe I'm better off getting a new one ? But I know nada I just need to know that it will cope with 14 stones of gorgeous Yorkshire lad on rocky ground
Recommendations ?
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He means nitrogen. In the lower part of the shock body there's a chamber, one side is oil filled, the other side is pressurised with nitrogen (300psi ish, depends on shock) and there's a floating piston in the middle. On fox shocks this part isn't user serviceable, it has to be sent back to a repair centre. Rockshox shocks can be done by anyone with the correct tooling.
weeksy wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:11 pm
First you need to find the length and stroke.
You then need to match that on the replacement.
Get exact model and year of bike and we should be able to work it out
150 euro is a bit steep for repair but only 20-30 more than here.
A new shock will be £300-900
A used will still be 150+
Here ya go
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The shock has Orange 5 logo on so was made for the bike.
Will a new one be better than this one repaired?
Don't wanna Chuck money away as don't use it that much. But hope I'll like it and ride it more.
Oh and I use it as much on road as dirt.
Ta.
Lol it has to be exact. Like really exact.
Shock may be 215mm or even 216mm for example but are different. 2mm or 5mm in length can be the difference between it working or not. The wrong length could mean one part of your frame hits another part for example.
You have a Fox Float RP23 which in its day was a decent enough shock. A new £150 shock will be a cheap but new version of a shock. But technically will work of course.
weeksy wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:11 pm
First you need to find the length and stroke.
You then need to match that on the replacement.
Get exact model and year of bike and we should be able to work it out
150 euro is a bit steep for repair but only 20-30 more than here.
A new shock will be £300-900
A used will still be 150+
Here ya go
20201207_122829_resized.jpg
20201207_122901_resized.jpg
The shock has Orange 5 logo on so was made for the bike.
Will a new one be better than this one repaired?
Don't wanna Chuck money away as don't use it that much. But hope I'll like it and ride it more.
Oh and I use it as much on road as dirt.
Ta.
Lol it has to be exact. Like really exact.
Shock may be 215mm or even 216mm for example but are different. 2mm or 5mm in length can be the difference between it working or not. The wrong length could mean one part of your frame hits another part for example.
Length 190 (oops measured full length initially )
Stroke 80.
I just need to know that it will cope with 14 stones of gorgeous Yorkshire lad on rocky ground 
