ed 

Well I dunno who Zerk is, but I wouldn't wanna be that guy.

dminor 

Zerk, meet Ed; Ed, meet zerk.


Technically, it's a 'mini-zerk' - - standard grease gun does not fit it (hence the supplied syringe):

roastbeef

that's wild. at first i was a little perplexed, but the more i thought about it, the more it makes sense. i mean, not many people are pulling the 303 out on local trails. in fact, i'm not sure i've ever seen one outside of a race setting. with the whole factory team around, a few dabs of grease after each run seems insignificant.

ed 

Shoooooot...I know what a zerk is...they used to put them on ball joints when cars were really cars.

lubes17319

Used'em on my old HotRods too.

ed 

Yeeeeeah...mine was a '71 Roadrunner 440 4spd / 3.91 posi.

NYCJohn170

I have the bike in question after many years of no suspension hard tails etc

The high front end on my DH, levels me out a little. So I'm riding down hill a little more normally missing some of that pitch-over-the-handlebars sensation with the lower front end.

I have to lean a little further forward going uphill and there may be one or two places where I'll have to walk. But overall, I'm going much faster downhill so having the weight a little further back on my DH is great.

Am I using the bike to absorb more impact, per OP? Probably. Bike does make rocks fly.

dminor 

I take a very 'farm equipment view' of it - - if clean grease is squooshing out, then what's inside is clean .

The truth.

never

Is extreme downhill in 2003 different than extreme downhill in 2011? How do I know if I'm doing extreme downhill?

scyclops

I don't know, but the spelling of supsension has definitely changed.

Yeah, and now, instead of replacing a $5 wheel bearing, you get to spend $100 on a "hub assembly", which will wear out again because you can't repack it.