Originally Posted by
cpach
I'm not specifically familiar with that fork but it is trash now, and probably always has been.
Suspension forks only have a spring on one side, on the other is the damper that controls the movement of the fork so that it does notact like a pogo stick. On decent forks this is accomlished by having a piston travel through oil with the flow of oil directionally restricted by ports in the piston seal.
On really cheap forks the "damper" is really just friction in the system. This tends to wear pretty fast resulting in a pogo stick fork.
It is probably not worth the time and effort to make that bike work well.
Hello cpach,
Thank you for replying so quickly with your detailing the inner workings of a new adventure for me. My initial investment, will no doubt in the big scheme of things, more than pay for itself in my further education on all things bicycle. I will be having lots of fun as usual with my old tooth brushes and can of Varsol whenever the weather permits. Your last sentence ....."
It is probably not worth the time and effort to make that bike work well".......This is indeed thought provoking for me. I have lots of time but not a lot of money so it is quite feasible that I will be spending some "time and effort" in bringing my new treasure up to my very exacting standards.
My kids and grand kids keep telling me "Time is money" but at my stage in life I tell them "Time is the interval between heartbeats."
Gigglegiggle.
Regards
Jim.