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Greetings everybody. I've been lurking for the past few weeks. Great forum.

I wonder if you guys/gals would help me with a small problem.

I have a 2006 Moto-Lite that I bought new from a bike shop in Boulder. GREAT BIKE! Love it.

In November 2008 I decided to do some preventative maintenance and took the bike to the place I bought it and had them strip it down completely and rebuild it.

This cost roughly $700.

Part of the package was rebuilding the Fox Talas R fork.

The fork just blew a seal yesterday while riding in Buffalo Creek.

I'm irritated because the fork was flawless for 2+ years and then about 6 months after the rebuild, it blows a seal. The bike was unridden from December 2008 til March 2009 so it's not like I've put a ton of miles on it since the rebuild.

So I've come to the conclusion (right or wrong, I dunno) that the bike shop did a crappy job rebuilding the fork back in November.

My dilemma: do I take it back to them in hopes that they will rebuild it for free (highly doubtful they'll do this since the work was done 6+ months ago and would I even trust them anyway)...

OR

Take it somewhere else and pay to have it rebuilt properly?

I'm willing to pay so if there's a shop you'd recommend in the Golden area who does great work, I'm all ears.

Thanks for your input!

Regards,
Will

PS As I type this it's 1pm on Sunday. I realize that most of you are probably out riding and I'm sitting here with a broken fork on the first non-rainy day in a while :madman:
 
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I highly recommend Push, though they are up in Loveland.

BTW, here's the best version of the "blew a seal" joke ever:

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Discussion starter · #4 ·
Cletus said:
I highly recommend Push, though they are up in Loveland.

BTW, here's the best version of the "blew a seal" joke ever:
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Good one.

Here's another...

What do my fork and a walrus have in common?
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They're both looking for a tight seal :D
 
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I don't think anyone can disagree taking it to Push one of your best bets.

If you want a good local shop that can take care of your Fox fork, take it to Pedal Pushers. They are the new shop in Golden (actually they moved from Denver to Golden), they have a guy there that used to work at Push.
 
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Push... don't mess around

Fox Forks are designed to be ridden by a very wide range of riders; they have to. Push dials the fork to fit YOU. They have custom parts that tune the fork for your weight.

I have not heard a single negative feedback about them in over two years. They stand behind their work, becuse they simply would not last long if they didn't.

If you have a Fox fork, this is a no-brainer. Don't waste your time and money doing anything else for your fork. Why would you take the fork back to the yahoos that did a poor job even if it was free? They have already proven their worth.
 
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ds2199 said:
I don't think anyone can disagree taking it to Push one of your best bets.

If you want a good local shop that can take care of your Fox fork, take it to Pedal Pushers. They are the new shop in Golden (actually they moved from Denver to Golden), they have a guy there that used to work at Push.
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His name is Eric. He knows his stuff.

BTW, Fox does blow seals on a regular basis....

...who knew those two animals would ever be in a sexual innuendo..
 
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Where is Dirtlabs? Best I can tell he works out of the same building as the Fix?

IndecentExposure said:
Push is good, but don't overlook DirtLabs. Lubby does great work over there.

I'm not going to post a link, because DirtLabs actually advertises on here. Scroll up and look to the right.
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BBOC said:
Where is Dirtlabs? Best I can tell he works out of the same building as the Fix?
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Yep, same building as The Fix, the two shops are kind of joined at the hips.

I do most of my own maintenance, so I'm not real familiar with labor prices, but $700 for a tear down, rebuild with fork rebuild seems pretty steep to me. Were there a lot of parts replaced?
 
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That is ridicuously expensive. I don't know what all they did but a fork overhaul and bike rebuild with greasing/cleaning everything should be a third of that and never more than half that. I'm sure they did more but without knowing all the details, it sounds like a rip-off. Wheatridge?
 
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mtg7aa said:
Yep, same building as The Fix, the two shops are kind of joined at the hips.

I do most of my own maintenance, so I'm not real familiar with labor prices, but $700 for a tear down, rebuild with fork rebuild seems pretty steep to me. Were there a lot of parts replaced?
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Thanks everyone. I appreciate the advice. I decided to stay somewhat local and take it to DirtLab in Boulder. It's also nice that they are a forum sponsor.

Since I live just off Hwy 93, Golden and Boulder are about equidistant.

As far as my expensive rebuild. There were some new parts too. New cassette. New chain rings. New tires/tubes. Plus several other things. Based on what I did, it seems about right.

It was not Wheat Ridge Cyclery. It was a shop in Boulder. Not looking to slam them.

DirtLab is in the same building as The Fix. You have to go around back to get to the DirtLab store front.
 
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