The inline service was $150, shipping (to/from) combined $31, so $181 total.
Forks were a little more, around $180 for the service shipping to/from $220 total.
Yea combine the two it's a lot for suspension service, but once a year isn't that bad. Have to pay to play. Lately things have become cost/benefit. I have the tools and background that I could do a full rebuild myself, but it will take me a few hours. Time that could be working instead (I run my own business) or riding!!! I'll pull the forks apart mid season to throw in some new dust seals and fresh fluid, forks are incredibly supple right now on initial stroke. Racing every little bit helps, I like to ride where I feel mentally comfortable, having a setup suspension working properly helps tremendously.
The cost is high but yes it is worth it, along with the suspension I had halter's true/tension my wheels, and respoke my rear wheel with stronger spokes. I broke a few spokes last season on the rear.
Saturday morning I installed all new bearings in the suspension linkages and freshened up the drivetrain. The bike feels and rides new. Did a shakedown run @ chimney rock Saturday afternoon after completing everything. I wanted to put the suspension through some abuse and then recheck everything after including the spokes. Stuff likes to loosen up. I hit a 1:04 on Kram's DH, a tenth or two off where I was at a month earlier, except I felt I could've hit some of the corners faster, the bike was planted the entire time. Month earlier I had some big slides going into some of the corners.
https://www.strava.com/activities/547456618
Went out again sunday, running the suspension with an air token to make it a little more progressive and stiffer compression. It soaks up the hits better, a lot easier to load up the suspension then hop over obstacles. Used to run my pike at 62 psi, running 70psi now (160lbs) and loving it. Set some more PR's despite my legs being shot, I did lots of riding last week and had nothing on the short sprints.
https://www.strava.com/activities/548594462
Really looking forward to getting out on the enduro some more and competing in my first race up in VT mid may. Meantime I'm planning to head up to Mtn Creek to get some runs in!
