Bomber fork seals: use Enduro seals?

I've got a '97(?) Z.2 Fork (oooh...65mm!) in desperate need of some
seals.

The local bike shops want about US$40 for seals, which causes my
spending hand uncontrollable agony, especially since that's about what
the street value of this fork would be.

This is a 30mm OD fork, so I have found an aftermarket seal kit that
will fit, and is US$20:

http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id20.html

Two questions:

1) anyone know of a reasonably cheap source for 30mm Marzocchi fork
seals (appears to be a single kit for all 30mm forks)?

2) anyone used Enduro fork seals? Are they any good? Know of a local
(Vancouver) source that has them in stock?

Thanks,
--
Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
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I've got a '97(?) Z.2 Fork (oooh...65mm!) in desperate need of some
seals.

The local bike shops want about US$40 for seals, which causes my
spending hand uncontrollable agony, especially since that's about what
the street value of this fork would be.

This is a 30mm OD fork, so I have found an aftermarket seal kit that
will fit, and is US$20:

http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id20.html

Two questions:

1) anyone know of a reasonably cheap source for 30mm Marzocchi fork
seals (appears to be a single kit for all 30mm forks)?

2) anyone used Enduro fork seals? Are they any good? Know of a local
(Vancouver) source that has them in stock?

Thanks,
--
Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Checkout www.angryasian.com . He swears by the Enduro. He a good source
for forks maintenance and modification.

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"jack" wrote:

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
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I've got a '97(?) Z.2 Fork (oooh...65mm!) in desperate need of some
seals.

The local bike shops want about US$40 for seals, which causes my
spending hand uncontrollable agony, especially since that's about what
the street value of this fork would be.

This is a 30mm OD fork, so I have found an aftermarket seal kit that
will fit, and is US$20:

http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id20.html

Checkout www.angryasian.com . He swears by the Enduro. He a good source
for forks maintenance and modification.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've posted a question to the forums, but
I'll probably end up getting the Enduro seals, then.

My fork thanks you,
--
Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
I've got a '97(?) Z.2 Fork (oooh...65mm!) in desperate need of
some seals.
The local bike shops want about US$40 for seals, which causes my
spending hand uncontrollable agony, especially since that's about what
the street value of this fork would be.
This is a 30mm OD fork, so I have found an aftermarket seal kit that
will fit, and is US$20:
http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id20....forkseals.com-
/id20.html
Two questions:
1) anyone know of a reasonably cheap source for 30mm Marzocchi fork
seals (appears to be a single kit for all 30mm forks)?
2) anyone used Enduro fork seals? Are they any good? Know of a local
(Vancouver) source that has them in stock?
Thanks,
--
Ryan Cousineau,
http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousinehttp://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine President,
Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club



Ryan:

They are more than "any good." They are much better than the OEM kit.
They are unconditionally guaranteed. If you do not find them superior to
stock seals, I'll refund your order, including shipping. The shipped
price, to Canada, is $25 USD. The only thing I do not have control over
is customs fees.

-Chris http://www.enduroforkseals.com/



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Chris2fur wrote:

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
I've got a '97(?) Z.2 Fork (oooh...65mm!) in desperate need of
some seals.
The local bike shops want about US$40 for seals, which causes my
spending hand uncontrollable agony, especially since that's about what
the street value of this fork would be.
This is a 30mm OD fork, so I have found an aftermarket seal kit that
will fit, and is US$20:
http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id20....forkseals.com-
/id20.html
Two questions:
1) anyone know of a reasonably cheap source for 30mm Marzocchi fork
seals (appears to be a single kit for all 30mm forks)?
2) anyone used Enduro fork seals? Are they any good? Know of a local
(Vancouver) source that has them in stock?
Thanks,
--
Ryan Cousineau,
http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousinehttp://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine President,
Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club



Ryan:

They are more than "any good." They are much better than the OEM
kit.
They are unconditionally guaranteed. If you do not find them superior to

stock seals, I'll refund your order, including shipping. The shipped
price,
to Canada, is $25 USD. The only thing I do not have control over
is customs
fees.

-Chris http://www.enduroforkseals.com/



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Thanks for the offer. I ended up buying them from the Angry Asian, but
next time I need a set, I'll let you know.

In my experience, cross-border shipping of small items is best done by
US Mail. The marginally longer wait is compensated for by the fact that
the mail service does not charge $30 to broker your package over the
border, as UPS does on its standard service.

As a stopgap, people close to the border like me often use drop-services
in the US. I'm fond of one called thelettercarrier.com that allows mail
reception without prior arrangement and accepts UPS.

--
Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Thanks for the offer. I ended up buying them from the Angry Asian, but
next time I need a set, I'll let you know.

In my experience, cross-border shipping of small items is best done by
US Mail. The marginally longer wait is compensated for by the fact that
the mail service does not charge $30 to broker your package over the
border, as UPS does on its standard service.

As a stopgap, people close to the border like me often use drop-services
in the US. I'm fond of one called thelettercarrier.com that allows mail
reception without prior arrangement and accepts UPS.

--
Ryan Cousineau,
http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousinehttp://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine President,
Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Ryan: Glad you got set up with some. I concur on using the US Postal
Service. I ship via USPS Global Priority, which is pretty fast, reliable
and cheap. I just mentioned the customs, because that's all taken care
of on the other side of the border and I never even see the bill. Do
they charge the recepient a percentage, a flat fee, or what?

-Chris http://www.enduroforkseals.com/



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Chris2fur wrote:
[actually, I wrote half of this, but the attributions are hosed. -RjC.]

In my experience, cross-border shipping of small items is best done by
US Mail. The marginally longer wait is compensated for by the fact that
the mail service does not charge $30 to broker your package over the
border, as UPS does on its standard service.

As a stopgap, people close to the border like me often use drop-services
in the US. I'm fond of one called thelettercarrier.com that allows mail
reception without prior arrangement and accepts UPS.

--
Ryan Cousineau,

Ryan: Glad you got set up with some. I concur on using the US Postal
Service. I ship via USPS Global Priority, which is pretty fast, reliable
and cheap. I just mentioned the customs, because that's all taken care
of on the other side of the border and I never even see the bill. Do
they charge the recepient a percentage, a flat fee, or what?

-Chris http://www.enduroforkseals.com/

With UPS, it's usually pretty ridiculous: in my experience, c$30 fee for
customs brokerage. That's insane. In my experience, regular mail service
just works. The package arrives when it's supposed to, the postie tries
to deliver it or leaves a card, and the post office where large packages
are left is two blocks from my house and open until 9 or 10 pm most
nights (a pleasant side-effect of Canada Post's decision to privatize
almost all of its mail outlets).


--
Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Chris2fur wrote:
[actually, I wrote half of this, but the attributions are hosed. -RjC.]

In my experience, cross-border shipping of small items is best done by
US Mail. The marginally longer wait is compensated for by the fact that
the mail service does not charge $30 to broker your package over the
border, as UPS does on its standard service.

As a stopgap, people close to the border like me often use drop-services
in the US. I'm fond of one called thelettercarrier.com that allows mail
reception without prior arrangement and accepts UPS.

--
Ryan Cousineau,

Ryan: Glad you got set up with some. I concur on using the US Postal
Service. I ship via USPS Global Priority, which is pretty fast, reliable
and cheap. I just mentioned the customs, because that's all taken care
of on the other side of the border and I never even see the bill. Do
they charge the recepient a percentage, a flat fee, or what?

-Chris http://www.enduroforkseals.com/

With UPS, it's usually pretty ridiculous: in my experience, c$30 fee for
customs brokerage. That's insane. In my experience, regular mail service
just works. The package arrives when it's supposed to, the postie tries
to deliver it or leaves a card, and the post office where large packages
are left is two blocks from my house and open until 9 or 10 pm most
nights (a pleasant side-effect of Canada Post's decision to privatize
almost all of its mail outlets).


--
Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club


i agree.. i once order a couple tires for their good sale price from
performance bike.com and they shipped them via UPS.. at my door.. in
canada.. UPS wanted a whopping charge of $50 extra for customs brokerage
fees .. for 3 tires that i had already paid shipping to them for?? whats up
wiht that... always go via USPS when shipping international goods into
canada.

dave

wrote:
i agree.. i once order a couple tires for their good sale price from
performance bike.com and they shipped them via UPS.. at my door.. in
canada.. UPS wanted a whopping charge of $50 extra for customs brokerage
fees .. for 3 tires that i had already paid shipping to them for?? whats
up wiht that... always go via USPS when shipping international goods
into canada.
dave



Wow. $50.00? That is unbelieveable. Can you just refuse the order when
that happens, or do have to pay?

-Chris http://www.enduroforkseals.com



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"Chris Phillipo" wrote in message
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wrote:
i agree.. i once order a couple tires for their good sale price from
performance bike.com and they shipped them via UPS.. at my door.. in
canada.. UPS wanted a whopping charge of $50 extra for customs
brokerage
fees .. for 3 tires that i had already paid shipping to them for??
whats
up wiht that... always go via USPS when shipping international goods
into canada.
dave



Wow. $50.00? That is unbelieveable. Can you just refuse the order when
that happens, or do have to pay?

-Chris http://www.enduroforkseals.com



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They ususally don't tell you about the 50$ until you get a bill for it
in the mail 3 weeks later. If you have the shipper ship UPS red it's a
little better because all fees are included in the price so at least oyu
know what you are up against. USPS is the cheapest way to go though. Or
if yu do a lot of shipping get your own brokerage agent, they are always
cheaper than UPS's.
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Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
http://www.ramsays-online.com


exactly Chris... i got the bill for $50 in the mail a while later because it
was a drop shipment.. they left the package tucked inside my garage with no
bill or anything... i was quite surprised because i definitely would have
refused shipment.... i guess thats why they do the drop off!!

anyways i see my point was taken.... no UPS from US to Canada!! use USPS all
the time!!

dave