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It always interests me the guys who say the shocks bleed down over time.
We can only say what we experience! There are many aspects of our bikes that some owners find very different to the experiences of others. Seems to be the nature of the beast!
You can also use nitrogen, it does not fluctuate with temp changes as much and does not leak down as quickly as regular air.
air shocks are very susceptible to seals being blown out if you use a high volume source. how are you going to get the low volume of nitrogen into the air shock? and unless you have a nitrogen source at home, i guess you would never want to lower the pressure in your air shocks again to avoid having to pay to air them back up again.
We can only say what we experience! There are many aspects of our bikes that some owners find very different to the experiences of others. Seems to be the nature of the beast!
Don't disagree, I probably worded that wrong. It's when they say "that's normal". When the dealer says "that's normal" we bitch about it, but when we say it on here, that's just the way it is. My experience with air shocks so far indicates to me if I'm losing air, I need to find the problem, having never lost air I can only assume if it is going down in pressure there must be a leak. Now, if the pressure is going up, I need to find out which one of my friends is screwing with me .....
Found that the lines often are not set in the shock; causeing leak. Push the line into the shock, grab the red fitting, pull line back until it seats. You'll feel it tight.
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