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Last Post 11 Aug 2009 03:08 AM by Kevin Lew. 11 Replies.

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25 Apr 2009 01:55 PM
My terrashark has manitou black forks and a DNM air shock in the rear. The DNM looses pressure over a few days, is that normal or is it near death? Also what would be a suitable replacement XC fork for the manitou, my priority is for a cheap price, light weight over 6" travel. The bike is riden as a fast XC bike with no street stunts of massive droppoffs. perhaps someone out there in epx word has a fork they can sell me? last question, where do I get an extralong seat pole as the standard ones are to short? thanks for reading

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28 Apr 2009 04:37 AM
kingnuggie, welcome aboard....a photo shot will be nice....

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27 May 2009 05:36 PM
kingnuggie, try stripping down the shock, (let the air out first), the body should unscrew, and check the seals for dirt also check how smooth the shock body is,it sounds like you have some micro scratches in it which will let air out slowly, As far as forks, I used to have a pair of Marzocchi AM4's they have 140mm travel but used to be the lightest long travel forks around and I picked them up for under £100, the other option which I have now moved to is Maverick DUC 32's extremely light with 6" travel, they require regular maintenance but are easily maintained with full Maverick support, I just changed the seals and replaced the oil and it took me about 20 minutes!

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03 Aug 2009 08:02 PM
thanks leshark yes the rear shock had some small scratches on the shaft, can I replace the 165mm shock with a 200mm one without stufing up th egeometry to much? regards peter

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05 Aug 2009 05:58 AM
Kingnuggie, why don't you check out Australian ebay. A seller called Cyclic bikes is selling DNM shocks at the moment for about $25 or $30 Australian. I think it is evan from epx Mellbourne. I've just recently bought a terrashark frame and 3 fox float shocks from him. He is a top bloke.

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05 Aug 2009 06:40 AM
Yes it is Evan, he has 9 of the shocks left @ $30 Aus Here is the link. and I agree with you Mark he is a top bloke. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/DNM-air-shoc...tsupported

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05 Aug 2009 06:49 AM
thanks Mark for that info will check it out.

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08 Aug 2009 05:59 AM
Thanks Mark, the yellow 303 frame came was from Greenfish and thel dura-ace build kit from Supergo ( when they were about) even had the dura-ace hubs in the wheel set. I just finished a silver 303 (from Evan this time) and built that up with with SRAM rival gear and Easton EA50 wheel-set. About a kilo heaver than the yellow one but almost $2000 cheaper. My new project is two of Evans unpainted MTB frames with carbon chain-stays (early hammerheads I think). Haven't decided on the build to do yet. Over the past 5 years of owning EPX's and getting specs of their site I never once considered downloading all of it. Wish I had done now, it had heaps of good info on it in the early days. I always thought it would just be there. Sad to have seen it disappear. Noel (Sydney)

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08 Aug 2009 06:12 AM
Don't fret Noel... I've saved everything that was ever on this and previous EPX websites, and am gathering further information for posting to the site soon. Rob

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08 Aug 2009 06:26 AM
That is great news Rob I am already looking forward to see the site in it's full glory again. I will go to bed a happier man now.

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11 Aug 2009 03:08 AM
yeah rob...looking forward to know more about our Terrashark specs ...

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