Bought myself a Covid bike for my 40th BD, right before the supply issues. It needed to be fairly entry-level, but with an eye for future upgrades. Ended up with a Ripmo AF, after comparing suspension across other lower-spec'd models. The DVO spec was like a pot of maintenance gold, allowing me to overhaul both the shock and fork myself. If I keep an eye on consumable components, every replacement part is easy to come by. I don't need to hesitate on refreshing the oil in my lowers, giving the shock damper a bleed, adding some funky foam spacer in the fork's air spring because the boys at SW think it's cool, etc... So much $ saved already, and not even two years of ownership down the road.
Nov. 30, 2021, 11:49 a.m. - Mammal
Bought myself a Covid bike for my 40th BD, right before the supply issues. It needed to be fairly entry-level, but with an eye for future upgrades. Ended up with a Ripmo AF, after comparing suspension across other lower-spec'd models. The DVO spec was like a pot of maintenance gold, allowing me to overhaul both the shock and fork myself. If I keep an eye on consumable components, every replacement part is easy to come by. I don't need to hesitate on refreshing the oil in my lowers, giving the shock damper a bleed, adding some funky foam spacer in the fork's air spring because the boys at SW think it's cool, etc... So much $ saved already, and not even two years of ownership down the road.