Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

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hurricane_run in reply to @TotalShanner

I do wonder if lower leg fork oil spec is snake oil. My pikes are overdue a service and I think I'll be using the 0-30 car oil that's lurking in the garage.

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TooTallTim in reply to @hurricane_run

You can, but it's not great. I had quite bad stiction using motor oil, which was resolved switching to a motorbike fork oil instead.

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hurricane_run in reply to @TooTallTim

I used 0-30 fully synth in my son's Reba. Seems fine. The lower leg lubrication is basically an oil bath. Motor oil is probably vastly over specced for this.

Edit to add.. from what I can gather the oil needs to be fully synth to avoid seal damage

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