Biohazard

New shocks are in. All Gabriels. My vintage Sears SteadyRiders were in 'shock'ingly good condition but a side by side with the Gabriels shows me that the new shocks have noticeably more compression damping and only a hair more rebound damping.

Also noticed that the Sears' units were built around a slightly fatter tube - usually a good thing except that they are both dented. Maybe the wrong tool for the job?