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It sounds like you know what your doing, but I had a new bike come thru with a steerer tube that was cut a tiny bit too long a couple years ago. No amount of tightening the top cap would snug up the fork because it was flat against the top cap. It was only a fraction of a mm too long. Took me a couple rides to figure it out. It dawned on me to check the steerer while out riding. Sure enough, the play that had developed on the 2nd or 3rd ride was due to the steerer being a hair long. I flipped the cap over to the non recessed side and was able to make things right. Added a bigger spacer when I got home for a permanent fix.Yes, that was already tightened.
Theres some discussion about right clearance.
Tight Bushings = Harshness
Do you think your fork feels harsh over small bumps? Chances are your fork lowers may have tight bushings, which is quite common! Especially on brand new forks. I knew mines were not great ... I had to apply way too much force and wiggle the stanchions almost all the way to make the uppers...
Mine was a disaster. Sent to warranty. They fixed it, but it was not good enough. Even after warranty this 35 gold is really bad.
1500 eur .... my wife would kill me
You are running very low pressure, I will try to reduce it will see if it improves something
Well it depends - how much of your suspension are you using now? If you're not using it all, then it's worth going lower pressure. It isn't low pressure for me. If I needed more I'd add it. I was running 45psi, but then started getting into jumps and was bottoming out each ride because of it. Without the jumps / drops etc, I'd probably have 10 - 15mm left. It felt good to me at 45 too. And I am getting into the berms more too - really pumping into and out of them. I'm always surprised that I haven't bottomed out - I keep checking after I think I've pushed hard. My challenge now is keeping my feet on the pedals when the bike goes light (getting air) - I must be lifting more than the bike?
Yeah, OK. My partner came across something similar apparently - front foot like that, rear foot toes down heels up. It's supposed to be like a wedge. I've been aware of it going into jumps, exiting berms etc but it doesn't seem to gell with the push in then absorb thing. What you say sounds easier as far as push in and absorbing goes too. My left foot is manky with limited range of motion - but people do a lot more than me with less
Thanks. That is something I definitely do when going down steep stuff and braking (heels down, toes up, bum back).Yes, you're right. I should have considered the question - stiction would be obvious. Mine have never had stiction - I would have known straight away. As already said, before every ride I clean and oil the stantions, then cycle the forks up and down as hard as I can, then wipe off excess oil. I've never noticed stiction. I have a merida - is it possible that specialized have asked for something slightly different in their forks? Or are they all the same off the shelf? Maybe mine are just newer and they've changed something in manufacture? Nothing unusual in my forks at all - they just work as I'd expect.
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It is sad, those reviews of Rockshox 35 made me take the bike with that fork. The reviewers are paid to say how good is the fork and bla bla .. that is terrible. I won't read any review anymore, only forums, mouth to mouth, real people... I am so angry, I won't buy anything from Rockshox anymore and for sure I won't read any reviews anymore, even on this side. Now I will have to spend additional 500 EUR or more for the new fork, i wished I bought Scott genius with marzocci bomber. Thx cube for selling me useless fork. I won't buy anything from you either any time soonI "had" this fork on a used bike I bought. The stiction was the worst I've ever felt, considering the bike was only 8 months old with 300 miles. I tore into it and relubed the lowers per SRAM instructions and improved it significantly. However, it still had stiction at the beginning of travel (so much so that it did not extend to full travel at static). I was going to swap out the air spring and also install an RCT3 damper when I read this:
Rockshox 35 Gold RL Disassemble – What's Inside?
Haven't seen much online about the internals of the RS 35 Gold RL. This fork features on bikes all the way up to the $3k price-point (or double that in the case of eMTB's) and supposedly has RS vaunted Debonair air spring but is it any good? Can it be upgraded? I recently pulled this fork apart...
Anyway, this fork is hopeless. You can try to do the lube service, maybe even follow some of the alterations made in the damper side of the thread mentioned but personally, I suggest you switch it out.... I did (and I am NOT that sensitive to fork performance). I ended up getting a Pike RCT3 and additionally installed an Angleset. When I got this bike with that shit fork, I had serious buyer's remorse. After the Pike swap, I'm about ready to sell all my other bikes. The change was THAT good. With the Gold RL, the stiction was so bad that the front was packing after compression. With the "proper" Pike fork, I had a lot of front traction due to damper, but I was also able to lift and pre-load the front (to jump, bunny-hop, etc) that I wasn't able to do with the Gold RL.
Do yourself a favor and don't even struggle with it.
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Hey man... I understand how you feel.... I also wouldn't say that all RS products are pooh because they're not (I have two Pikes and a Boxxer WC fork, I also have a Factory Fox 36 Kashima that was pooh until I did major work on it). I would take the reviews with a grain of salt and just do a basic search. Usually, when a fork is bad (like the RL), there is overwhelming evidence in the forums (google Fox 36 harsh, or Gold RL stiction... lol!).
If they don't work properly send them back and get them repaired. I had this problem and tried to remedy with oil changes and servicing but nothing worked completely so I sent them back to SRAM and they came back with no stiction at all. They are not the best sure, but they can be made to work properly - I would say it's a QC issue rather than a design issue.
