Scavenged Scott Genius: how broken is it? 

Well I put about 370 psi into it as per the table - which nearly bent my shock pump - and then when I got on it it immediately bottomed out. So clearly I need something beefier than this Wile-E-Coyote junk.

@@red_dread I guess the chances of anything 20y old defying a pressure of 370psi (!) were never going to be high.

It's a calling I had to execute 🎉

There's never a bad time to get a new bike. But these shocks are fixable if you can be bothered! So now you have a new bike AND a perfectly good old one. Win.

@@red_dread I can't let go of the Scott genius it's the perfect fit

Es toda una maquina!

Astonishing that I passed up the opportunity to make that gag to be honest. Promise I'll do better next time.

@@red_dread haha I will look forward to it!

The new ones are stunning - and yes, this one’s pretty amazing too. Definitely worth salvaging.

I am gagging to get this one out for a ride, but early attempts at kerb-hopping prove that the rear shock is indeed toast. I expect trouble ahead.

@@red_dread Good luck 🤞

Good luck and thanks for the offer of instructions - I might take you up on that - oliver.chesher@yahoo.co.uk. So far I've been lucky, both my shock and fork are holding air which is seriously impressive. Also it's a generally amazing bike - takes an absolute beating and has rapidly become my go-to winter bike for muddy and rough trails.

The problem with this shock is the leakage between the air and oil partition inside the shock. As far as I can see you have the same problem. When everything is correct,when you apply the specific pressure to + and -, the shock must be all the way closed. If is not (like yours) means that it haven't the right amount of oil inside the oil partition. You must remove the oil from the air partition and put this amount of oil to the oil partition. The easiest, but not correct, way to do this without open the shock is to remove the oil from the air schrader valves and fill oil from the bleeding oil valves (be careful not loosing the small spring and bolt inside valve). The correct way to fix it is to open the shock and replace oil and seals of the main piston and 2 IFPs. Because it is a pull shock, as far as I know, there's no other model to replace it....

The difficult part with the fork is that the talas cartridge is much complicated to service and difficult to find a total service kit. Fox suggest to convert it to float using a float conversation kit. If you do this you loose the function to change the length of travel.

Please get me instructions

The shock is called the Scott Equalizer 2. You can still buy replacements for almost £700 and I don't think there's a cheaper alternative, however I'm not despairing at this because there are plenty of aftermarket shock servicing shops that can do a strip down and replace seals and fluids for cheaper than that. This is probably what I'm going to do with mine over the winter because I suspect that as some viewers have advised, some air/oil has leaked between the two chambers, compromising the effectiveness.

@@red_dread Cheers thanks for the reply

@@red_dread Hello, I'm interested to find out whether you managed to have the shock fixed by someone in the meantime? I've just bought a Genius 30 and having the same problem. Thanks

@@adamfodor4286 Hi, I haven't yet - I don't ride this bike very often and when I do it's plenty of fun even with an imperfect rear shock. However it does need doing and I can confirm that last time I googled it I found that there are people out there that can do it. Personally I wouldn't like to attempt a DIY job on this occasion, given that it's basically a highly pressurised grenade sitting between your legs.

Sausage rolls, sausage/bean/cheese melts, hot dogs. Also party eggs.

I love those Pioneers. At the time I would have sneered because they were aimed at our mums and dads, but objectively they were a nice idea and well executed.

Me too - £20 on eBay :). Looks like it is going to be a good one.

Not sure, sorry - I never had one. The info on the shock and fork I just got off Google. The rest of it was just stuff I already knew.

Very unlikely as it’s a pull instead of a push mechanism! Also I don’t want to let this one defeat me - it looks so cool it would be a shame to bin it.

It really does fly doesn't it? That's an extremely good price considering what they sold for when new. I still enjoy giving this one a good hammering, even though I still haven't sorted out that crazy rear shock...

@@red_dread I put 400psi in my shock. Can you switch what type of riding you want on the handle bars (regular, stiff, and lockout)?

@@ericjohn5461It's insane how much pressure those shocks need isn't it? Yes, mine does have the multi-position selector lever. Until I get my shock properly serviced I use mine in the middle setting because it bottoms out too easily.

@red_dread I just got the psi specs from dt swiss today. I'm 220lbs, so I need 350psi in the positive and 230psi in the negative. I just bought a 600psi fox pump on ebay for $35. What's your weight?

@@red_dread or better yet. What's your email? I'll send you the PDF they sent me. It tells you everything.