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geordynige
May 10, 2012 - 2:46PM
88.211.17.251
Servicing forks

Hi Guys,
Just read Ali's post & subsequent posts. Ali mentioned to me that there was a guy just north of Ely who serviced forks - does anyone know of this person??

Cheers
GN

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Pale Rider
May 10, 2012 - 4:24PM
92.40.254.76
Re: Servicing forks

Hi Nige,

I mentioned to Ali that Jerry Turner of JT Cycles can service suspension. At least he once told me he can do such servicing. He's renowned for his excellent wheel building but he's also renowned for taking a long time over it.

Probably worth having a chat with him. He's on Yell.com; 01353 667627.

Cheers

Tom

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geordynige
May 10, 2012 - 5:05PM
88.211.17.251
Re: Servicing forks

Lovely, thanks Tom

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Duncan
May 10, 2012 - 8:28PM
217.42.20.163
Re: Servicing forks

Ian carter took his shock to him, it came back with issues & so was sent off to mojo.
I always find TF tuned very good, give the full collect deliver package & are very informative about what needs or has been done.
& yes if you've got the time Jerry is a cracking wheel builder.

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Mark T
May 11, 2012 - 10:53AM
82.8.61.87
Re: Servicing forks

I think Bike Art at Thetford Forest are worth a look. Paul, the owner used to work for Lotus, so know his way round suspension systems.

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BigCam
May 15, 2012 - 1:37PM
217.196.235.73
Re: Servicing forks

JT Cycles did mine too.

They totally failed to spot the broken rebound damper, applied grease where there should have been oil and told me my forks were not a recognised RockShox model.

I promptly went home, downloaded the service manual and did them myself. They were much better then :)

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Pale Rider
May 15, 2012 - 5:43PM
82.10.237.10
Re: Servicing forks

Hmmmm....

Well, if he's any good, Nige, it was my pleasure to point you in the right direction.
But if he's a pile of pants, just remember I didn't really recommend him!

PT

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BigCam
May 15, 2012 - 6:26PM
213.246.90.95
Re: Servicing forks

To be fair, I should add that that's the only bad experience I've had there.
In general they've been really helpful, even taking a mech hanger off a frame to replace my snapped one.

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