I took a 120mm 2014 Fox Float 32 into a very respected LBS to have basic maintenance performed. When I picked up my bike, I immediately noticed the fork looked taller. I took it home and messed around and figured out that I now had 130mm of travel and my front end seemed higher. I took it back to the shop.....they think I am crazy. They told me that I just didn't have enough air in the fork and that increasing the air in the fork makes it look taller. They assured me that they didn't change the travel in the fork saying that to change the travel they would have to open up the air spring which they didn't do for a basic rebuild. The shop owner was very cool about it and spent a lot of time talking to me about it, but sticks by his guns that I must have had a 130 mm fork on the bike when I brought it in. I have the receipt for the shock saying it is 120mm (I have never seen where you can buy a 130mm).
The fork rides great, smooth, nothing loose, but it has been bothering me. I ended up getting a GREAT deal on 2015 120mm Float which is essentially the same shock I already had. The new shock is exactly 1 cm shorter with the same amount of air in it. I am happy to be back at 120mm and the bike again rides like it should. I am a fairly experienced mechanic, but was a little hesitant to tear into a perfectly good fork. My thought is that I will now tear into the 130mm fork and see if I can figure out what the shop did to it. I can use this as a learning experience so I can do my own maintenance in the future. I have watched videos on the Fox website that show you how to change the travel in the fork but involve going into the air spring....which the shop supposedly didn't do. Does anybody have any other thoughts on what they could have done or what I should check out? Thanks in advance for any advice.
The fork rides great, smooth, nothing loose, but it has been bothering me. I ended up getting a GREAT deal on 2015 120mm Float which is essentially the same shock I already had. The new shock is exactly 1 cm shorter with the same amount of air in it. I am happy to be back at 120mm and the bike again rides like it should. I am a fairly experienced mechanic, but was a little hesitant to tear into a perfectly good fork. My thought is that I will now tear into the 130mm fork and see if I can figure out what the shop did to it. I can use this as a learning experience so I can do my own maintenance in the future. I have watched videos on the Fox website that show you how to change the travel in the fork but involve going into the air spring....which the shop supposedly didn't do. Does anybody have any other thoughts on what they could have done or what I should check out? Thanks in advance for any advice.