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New Air Forks: Love them or hate them?
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<blockquote data-quote="cleonard" data-source="post: 99404" data-attributes="member: 21"><p>It really looks from the diagram that James posted, that the fork seal does seal the air that provides the spring. On a MX track that's not much of an issue. It's different when you are 40 miles from your truck out in the desert. When the seal fails on metal spring bikes you splooge oil everywhere. You might not have a front brake, but at least you can ride. A blown seal on one of these air shock bikes means mostly collapsed front end. </p><p> </p><p>Then thinking about it again, usually seals only fail a little. It might still be ride-able. You might just have to pump some air into it every few minutes to get back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cleonard, post: 99404, member: 21"] It really looks from the diagram that James posted, that the fork seal does seal the air that provides the spring. On a MX track that's not much of an issue. It's different when you are 40 miles from your truck out in the desert. When the seal fails on metal spring bikes you splooge oil everywhere. You might not have a front brake, but at least you can ride. A blown seal on one of these air shock bikes means mostly collapsed front end. Then thinking about it again, usually seals only fail a little. It might still be ride-able. You might just have to pump some air into it every few minutes to get back. [/QUOTE]
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