I've just realised that I've utterly neglected my latest fork... and it's LOOOOOOOOOOONG overdue a service, and probably a number of replacement parts. This likely explains why it has the small bump response of a tractor at the moment.

Can anyone recommend a company I can use? I appreciate it'll be sending it away so I'll be without it for a little while, but I'd rather minimise that time as much as possible. I'm sure I could do much of it myself, but I'm way too busy, and I wont know if something in there is broken or not because I have precisely zero experience.

Cheers.

(Oh, and it's a Manitou fork... I've seen a number of companies that only do Rockshox / Fox so I guess that info is handy)

Give tftuned a call.

http://www.tftuned.com/service/12-manitou-forks

I have always used http://www.locotuning.co.uk/ and been very happy with the results. You book it in for a specific appointment in the workshop, so long as you get it there on time and nothing is to seriously wrong with it, the time without your fork is minimised.

I had looked at both of those, but Loco don't list Manitou at all. Haven't contacted TFTuned yet.

I got my Manitou's serviced by RSF in Plymouth. www.rsfsus.co.uk
They were good, but I benefited from dropping them off on my way past on holiday last year.

Cheers, will give them a look too.

+1 for TF tuned. Not cheap, but they know there stuff and sorted me out when the Cannondale UK importers f****d up the repair of my Lefty!

Booked with TFTuned. Got back to me quickly with answers to my questions and have availability for when I'm away on holiday, so hopefully I'll return to a nice plush fork.