Originally Posted by
Gresp15C
Just out of curiosity, how do the shocks handle salt? It looks like there are rubber boots around the stanchions. Is that the case?
I had a Marzocchi fork with an air spring on my winter commuter. One sunny North Dakota January morning where the temperature was around -30F, I went to the garage to find that I had a zero spring fork.
Drat...
I pumped it up and engaged the lockout, then rode to work. The air spring fork never again would work. It is my understanding that the Bluto fat bike forks fail a lot in sub-zero conditions, but that may be exaggerated.
I replaced the fork with an Ohlins coil spring fork, which was a huge improvement on trail rides in the summer, and has not had any issues with sub-zero temperatures.