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bevsta
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Ive heard i can get my dh3 shock revalved to make it perform btter or something.
I was just wonderin if any way could give me some info on shock revalving. 
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pushbikerider
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BAsed on the questions that you are asking, and how you are asking, work out what you want your shock to do "better" ie do you want it to ramp up at the bottom of the stroke, or bob less when you are pedaling hard
once you have worked that out either get your shock sent to Blue Shark in Wanaka (via your local bike shop) or send it to Rick at high speed cycles
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Mr_Bob
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 5:50pm Post subject: |
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Bruno at Cyclexpress does shock revalving and tuning too
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dhmachine
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 5:53pm Post subject: |
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Or buy a Marzocchi Rocco World Cup and do it yourself at home!
I agree with PBR though. Unless you know what you want from your shock, don't bother. Make sure you have the right rate spring first!
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bevsta
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 6:08pm Post subject: |
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what i should of really said what does getting you shock revalved do?basically what is done to the shock
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pushbikerider
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 6:14pm Post subject: |
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| bevsta wrote: | | what i should of really said what does getting you shock revalved do?basically what is done to the shock |
By revalving the shock you can change aspects of how the bikes ride,
ie if you have a bike that bottoms out harshly (ie the linkage doesn't ramp up) you could get the shock tuned (revalved) so that it ramps up, so that the bike doesn't bottom out as harsh
there are allsorts of aspects that you can change to a shocks performance, but unless you really know what you want don't mess with it
oh and as dhmachine said, first off make sure that you have the correct spring rate 
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pushbikerider
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 6:16pm Post subject: |
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| dhmachine wrote: | | Or buy a Marzocchi Rocco World Cup and do it yourself at home! |
It can be done at home, but I challenge the average home mechanic to get the Roco bled properly after they've had it in bits
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Mr_Bob
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 6:23pm Post subject: |
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You would be suprised that different bikes have different "tunes" and valving, I had a few different manuals and setups for the shim stacks and piston depth with different bikes with different linkages and charectiristics.
Wish I still had it 
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danpsmith
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 7:46pm Post subject: |
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Have a wee Google search for Tim Flooks.
You'll pay more with him but it's without doubt money well spent
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bevsta
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 7:55pm Post subject: |
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Tim flooks is in england
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Mr_Bob
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 8:05pm Post subject: |
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this is the 21st century, Not the dark ages.
You can get a parcel from the other side of the world sent in 48 hours.
You'd probably have your shock back on the bike 2 to 3 weeks.
I'd consider sending a shock to be TF tuned or sending it to be PUSHed
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bevsta
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 8:39pm Post subject: |
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is there any closer options to get my shock pushed?
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pushbikerider
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| bevsta wrote: | | is there any closer options to get my shock pushed? |
if you want it "pushed" you need to send it to push industries in the US
how about back to sqaure one
What issues do you have with your current shock / bike and what bike is it?
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JohnnyC
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 9:56pm Post subject: |
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| dhmachine wrote: | Or buy a Marzocchi Rocco World Cup and do it yourself at home!
I agree with PBR though. Unless you know what you want from your shock, don't bother. Make sure you have the right rate spring first! |
You can do a DHX at home, all you need is a vice and a few spanners.
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pushbikerider
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| Posted: Sat 22/Nov/08 10:02pm Post subject: |
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| JohnnyC wrote: | | dhmachine wrote: | Or buy a Marzocchi Rocco World Cup and do it yourself at home!
I agree with PBR though. Unless you know what you want from your shock, don't bother. Make sure you have the right rate spring first! |
You can do a DHX at home, all you need is a vice and a few spanners. |
Like the Roco though,you also need more than half a clue
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