I’m looking to do a more in depth teardown. I do all my bike work at home but suspension that’s $600-$1000 Pikes and monarch piggybacks I want to do it right. The shocks have never been sent in (2015 model year). I want to do it right the first time. Just get the full tear down done so I don’t need to do it for a year or two. The fork I can do regular oil bath and seal swap but shocks are complex and bleeding and nitrogen charges are not possible at home lol.
Suspension service?
a.mart
#8
No one local can do that level of suspension service. You can have a local shop send your suspension back to Live To Play to have it rebuilt. I’ve had lots of suspension serviced by Live To Play with no issues. Or you can deal with it all yourself and send everything S4 in Quebec like @riderx mentioned. They are great to deal with and along with doing full rebuilds can tune your shocks to your weight/ riding style. Live to Play does not do custom tuning as far as I know, just straight up rebuilds.
Ryan02
#9
Thanks!! This is really useful info everyone!! I will look into the company’s you mentioned.
a.mart
#11
You can setup service online via s4. But if you want to send it back to the distributor you will have to go through an LBS as distributors like Live to Play do not deal with customers directly. S4 does everything from mountain bikes to dirt bikes to rally car suspension.
landandwater
#12
S4’s customer service was great the last time I had to deal with them. They had parts for a Manitou fork that none of the other distributors had. Thumbs up for S4.
lonewolf
#15
I had my Rockshox Pike fork and Monarch shock fully serviced at The Bike Peddler in Dartmouth last winter. They did it in-house and had them back to me within two days. Best suspension service I have ever had by far (in 10-15 years) and didn’t have to pay shipping costs to have the suspension sent somewhere. I have always had bad luck sending suspension away to the “experts”. My suspension has worked great ever since. I will be sticking with them for suspension work. It is worth giving them a call.
lonewolf
#18
They did a full rebuild on the fork and shock. I don’t remember if I’ve ever had my suspension sent to S4, but The Bike Peddler work was flawless as far as i can tell. I had Cycles Lambert do my fork once and they were completely incompetent so miles better than them for sure. Definitely a relief to finally have someone local that can do the job professionally.
Ryan02
#19
Do you know if they bleed and rebuild the dampers? I’m deciding on where to send my suspension away to, would be better to do locally. Sorry for all the questions on it.
tossedsalad
#20
I used to hate sending stuff to lambert, when Norco got rock shox I ended up sending those there as well as marzochi even though it was farther.
adventurer
#22
I was in the Bike Peddler and they said they do fork work. If you do end up going there I would like to know how you make out. It is so much better to get the work done locally in a few days instead of sending away for weeks. Not only would it cost less (I hope) and be much faster but you would be supporting a local business.
landandwater
#23
Sending them away does not take too long. A local shop still has to order in the correct parts too. I’m skeptical that this shop does any serious suspension work beyond seals and oil. Change my mind. In my experience all of my forks get sent away if they need anything more than seals and oil, when you drop them off at the bigger fancier shops.
tossedsalad
#24
Agreed, what did you have done beyond oil, seals, and dust wiper r&r? In the old days you could add bushings to the mix (in the case of a bomber) as well. The above is a standard repair for any shop in metro.
MarcRickard
#25
We have done damper service on most Rockshox, we have been trained by SRAM in the different service intervals and have the correct tools to perform the job. We have worked with the old Marzocchi Canada service center to service cartridges from older 55’s that always had problems with the ATA travel adjust. We have also had good success with IFP service on rear shocks and have experience with Cane Creek, Fox, Magura, DT, Rockshox, X Fusion, Manitou, and Marzocchi.
We are also not afraid to tell you if it would be better to send it in to S4 for service. We offer much better shipping rates than most people can get on their own. Our goal is to get you back on your bike ASAP.