{"id":17459,"date":"2016-10-26T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/10\/26\/video-when-to-service-your-suspension-fork-r5629\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:31:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:31:16","slug":"video-when-to-service-your-suspension-fork-r5629","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/video-when-to-service-your-suspension-fork-r5629\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: When to service your suspension fork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mountain bike suspension fork needs regular cleaning and servicing to continue operating optimally without causing damage. If done correctly, your fork should last the life time of the bike. Here&#8217;s a guide on when you should be servicing your fork and what signs of wear to look out for.<\/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\/m7Nbt0DcHRE?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In South Africa, we ride for all 12 months of the year, where in Europe and America they tend to have a six month season. Our conditions are also very rough, dusty, and sometimes muddy. This means that regular service intervals are vital to avoid damaging your fork.<\/p>\n<p>If you ride your bike three times a week, Fox South Africa suggests that you have it serviced every four months (three times a year).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The recommended service intervals for a new fork:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:decimal;\">\n<li>A new fork will require it&#8217;s first service after four months, this will be an on the quick bike service to clean the lowers.\n<\/li>\n<li>The second service after 8 months will see the wiper seals replaced.\n<\/li>\n<li>After the forks first year, the fork will be stripped down, with new oil and lube applied.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mountain bike suspension fork needs regular cleaning and servicing to continue operating optimally without causing damage. If done correctly, your fork should last the life time of the bike. Here&#8217;s a guide on when you should be servicing your fork and what signs of wear to look out for. In South Africa, we ride [&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":[1608,160,1358,274,135,1897],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-fork","tag-fox","tag-steve-bowman","tag-suspension","tag-video","tag-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17459","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=17459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17459"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}