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I just changed the oil in my Minute 1:00 and WOW!!! What a difference! I absolutely take back any comments I made about this fork being harsh. It's absolutely smooth under all conditions. The SPV is now fully adjustable from negligible platform to full on.
When I checked the semi-bath oil, there wasn't much in there and what was there, thick and goopy. I replaced that with the 16cc per leg of the official semi-bath fluid.
Then checking my SPV oil level, I spilled it getting the top cap off so I had to replace (careful pulling off the top cap, it's tight). Per the teamdicky post below, I used the 83mm oil level. Unlike TPC forks, the oil level is much more critical for SPV. The difference on the trail is night and day. The fork is buttery smooth now. I only had petroleum based 5wt for the SPV and it feels great. I can only imagine it's a bit smoother with synthetic.
https://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?postid=278547#poststop
Bottom line, great fork but only if you double check your oil levels. I bet they lost out on more than a few customers due to the sloppy quality assurance on assembly.
When I checked the semi-bath oil, there wasn't much in there and what was there, thick and goopy. I replaced that with the 16cc per leg of the official semi-bath fluid.
Then checking my SPV oil level, I spilled it getting the top cap off so I had to replace (careful pulling off the top cap, it's tight). Per the teamdicky post below, I used the 83mm oil level. Unlike TPC forks, the oil level is much more critical for SPV. The difference on the trail is night and day. The fork is buttery smooth now. I only had petroleum based 5wt for the SPV and it feels great. I can only imagine it's a bit smoother with synthetic.
https://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?postid=278547#poststop
Bottom line, great fork but only if you double check your oil levels. I bet they lost out on more than a few customers due to the sloppy quality assurance on assembly.
