in message <[email hidden]>, Tony B
(') said:Simon Brooke said:No, I don't have anything new.
Nice tiles, and the Dolan is very nice. I was told the other day those
Lefty forks need a lot of (expensive in a shop) regular maintenance, can
you confirm? I'm hankering after a proper sussie bike now, after riding
one for a bit...
It's never (four years now) had a proper Cannondale-qualified-mechanic
strip. I keep it as dry and as greased as I can, but my problem is at
least partly that I'm 100 miles away from the nearest Cannondale dealer.
It's not now as buttery-smooth as it should be, and a proper service is
fairly high on my todo list. It does help that I have two Leftys, so I can
swap it out to get it serviced...
In theory you're supposed to get them stripped every 40 hours of use, which
would get very expensive. Fortunately that does not seem to be necessary.
But if you have a wet enough ride to get water into the boot you do need
to dry it carefully.
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