{"id":17375,"date":"2016-11-16T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/11\/16\/video-tips-to-keep-your-suspension-fork-running-smoothly-r5830\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:27:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:27:22","slug":"video-tips-to-keep-your-suspension-fork-running-smoothly-r5830","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/video-tips-to-keep-your-suspension-fork-running-smoothly-r5830\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Tips to keep your suspension fork running smoothly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mountain bike suspension fork requires regular care. Steve Bowman has two simple tips to keep your fork sliding smoothly.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eE2jG9dBObk?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Two tips to keep your suspension fork running smoothly:<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:decimal;\">\n<li>It&#8217;s recommended to <strong>turn your fork upside down<\/strong> for 10 minutes once a week. This will help keep your wiper seals and sponge ring lubricated and the fork running smoothly.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avoid pressure washers.<\/strong> Pressure washers force water and grime into the fork causing premature wearing. Instead use a bike wash product and a light hose to remove the dirt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mountain bike suspension fork requires regular care. Steve Bowman has two simple tips to keep your fork sliding smoothly. Two tips to keep your suspension fork running smoothly: It&#8217;s recommended to turn your fork upside down for 10 minutes once a week. This will help keep your wiper seals and sponge ring lubricated and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1608,2039,160,1358,274,135,1897],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-fork","tag-forks","tag-fox","tag-steve-bowman","tag-suspension","tag-video","tag-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17375"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}