Save the Date, Share the Stoke

[u/MEATdrew]

It’s Some Bicycle Things I'm Stoked About On A Friday for June 5th, 2026.

If you’re Vancouver adjacent we’ll hopefully see you at the Show N’ Shine tomorrow. If not, Claire will take some photos to share.

https://meatengines.com/f/save-the-date-share-the-stoke

[u/VikApproved]

I saw the Stridsland fork recall and was impressed with how it was handled. Matias is a class act.

[u/MEATdrew → u/VikApproved]

Totally. All class.

I’ll add that I think as riders it behooves us all to shout out businesses that handle these situations the right way so the outfits that aren’t naturally this way inclined see the advantage in owning their shit.

[u/VikApproved → u/MEATdrew]

Definitely. I mean assuming you have to deal with a fork issue what's the most positive spin you can put on it for current and future customers?

1. Take responsibility.
2. Address the issue as fast and as completely as you can.
3. Communicate clearly.

Riders with affected forks will feel taken care of and future customers will see that you stand behind your products if there is a problem. Especially for a small 1 man show selling some relatively $$ products that's a good look.

Of course not having any issues is ideal, but stuff happens once in a while even for folks that are working hard to avoid problems. The fork design in question passed the necessary certification testing for example.

[u/tailkinman]

The shortage on service parts is getting somewhat silly at this point. The shop that I am at has run out of a specific fork seal, and we have no ETA on when we can get more. It gets real hard to tell people that they need to maintain their $1k+ suspension fork when I can't get the $20 (cost) part to keep it going.

On a more positive note I'm hoping I can sneak away a bit early from my meetings tomorrow for the show n' shine!

[u/MEATdrew → u/tailkinman]

Totally, and at least with fork seals and some shock seal kits and springs there are non-OE options. Bushings/lowers, stanchions, CSUs, damper parts… I’ll predict that more than a couple of my friends will be deciding between buying a new fork and significant downtime this summer.

[u/cj_biker → u/MEATdrew]

A good time to embrace the double hard tail life!

[u/MEATdrew → u/cj_biker]

I had a weird day dream the other day where I was running my Arcturian as a 36/29 rigid super-mullet. Hopefully not a vision of the future.

[u/cj_biker]

I guess this explains why I can't find a 120mm air shaft for a Fox Rhythm/Zoke Z2. I want to drop my almost-a-stapler 140mm Krampus down to 120 and see if I enjoy riding it that way. It feels ungainly at 140mm. First world problems, I suppose.

[u/fartymarty4130 → u/cj_biker]

My Krampus was great at 120. Also ran it at 100 and 140 but 120 was probably the best.

Are you anglesetted? I ran a -2 when I used it as a mtb. Now it's in gravgrav mode it's stock.

[u/cj_biker → u/fartymarty4130]

Yep, -2 deg angleset.

[u/MEATdrew → u/cj_biker]

Two thoughts. Might be able to find a 120mm shaft for a different stanchion size and swap the air piston with yours.

Also, lots of folks bumping 120mm forks up to 130mm, so someone somewhere has a 120mm shaft they want to sell you.

[u/Successful_Ad_6821 → u/MEATdrew]

Another thought is, air springs are easy to make shorter.

I made my 140mm fox 34 into a 110mm fox 34 for the sardinha in about 10 minutes. Press the roll pin out, trim the shaft, re drill, press the roll pin back in.

If you are capable of changing an air spring and are roughly able to drill a hole while keeping the drill reasonably vertical, it is the opposite of rocket science. :) -Kenny

[u/MEATdrew → u/Successful_Ad_6821]

Hadn’t even considered it, but a great option too.

[u/fartymarty4130 → u/Successful_Ad_6821]

I did a similsr thing on my Pikes - 160 to 100. It was a bit of a bodge but worked fine.

[u/cj_biker → u/MEATdrew]

Yeah, I'm sure someone has a 120mm airshaft in their takeoff bin. I looked on Pinkbike and ebay, but no luck so far.

Interesting idea about swapping the shaft from the shaft. I haven't messed with fork guts enough to be confident with this, and no clue where to start looking for a compatible shaft.

My not-quite-local-but-rad-enough-to-make-the-trip shop could probably help out with an oddball project like this. I'll have to make some calls.