Fork Juice is a quick no-mess easy to apply and great value
suspension fork lubricant that prevents wiper seal stiction protects
your fork stanchions and keeps them running super smooth. Which is
exactly how you want your forks to be right? Now most people at the
moment fall in to one of 3 camps when it comes to fork maintenance
between services – they either 1) drip some chain lube on to the uppers
2) smear some grease round them or 3) do nothing at all and say “they
feel OK to me”!??. Well read on to find out why the growing number of
racers mechanics and riders using Fork Juice think that it is a better
alternative to all 3 of the above.
- 1. Its a spray – so you get even and complete coverage quickly and
easily without getting it all over your fingers or it running down the
legs.
- 2. It sets up dry almost immediately unlike chain lube or a grease
which are both sticky. So when you are on a charge down your favourite
trail and crap is flying everywhere it is far less likely to stick to
the stanchions and get dragged through the seals to the internals. Less
muck in the internals means better performance between services. Quite
simply crud doesnt like sticking to anything that has been sprayed with
Fork Juice.
- 3. It is superb at helping get top performance from brand new forks
during the bedding in period when the seals are at their tightest. Its
effects are particularly noticeable on large diameter stanchions where
there is a greater contact area between the uppers and seals which makes
the stiction worse. New Forks feel great straight out of the box and
keep feeling great.
- 4. It is not carbon based unlike PTFE (Teflon). Some forks have
internals components that are coated in PTFE – if you add more PTFE to
the mix in the form of a lubricant it can upset the balance and quicken
the wearing out of those parts. Whether you know if your forks have any
such components inside them or not its easier to play it safe and avoid
carbon based lubes.
- 5. It is also an excellent bike polish. As we said in point 2 – crud
doesnt like sticking to anything that has been sprayed with Fork Juice –
and this goes for anywhere on your bike. Spray it on the frame and you
have a finish that makes it harder for dirt to stick to which is going
to make it much quicker and easier to clean post ride. Plus think of all
that extra weight you wont have to carry around with you – it is
possible to collect up to 5 lbs of crud sticking to your steed on a
ride. Which is a bit annoying if you have spent hundreds of pounds on
weight saving components. A few quid on a can of Fork Juice will help
you get that bit more from your investment.