Air Fork - first use.....
stone28
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Hi All,
I just got onto my bike for a first time this Sunday and I am not sure if something is wrong with my fork as it's new for me.
I have never used air forks before and now having Reba Race on my bike I am not sure if everything is fine or something is wrong? I am talking about the sound it makes. The best example – Let’s say I am going fast downhill and at the end there is small jump I have to make to avoid some obstacles. I need to lift the front wheel etc... So when I push it down just before lifting it to the air it makes quite loud noise. It sounds like it’s releasing the air or something but it’s quite disturbing. A little bit like mechanical noise, I am not sure – it just doesn’t sound right – but again it might be because I am new to these type of forks.
Could somebody help me please and explain me what that might be and if that’s normal.
Thank you in advance.
Stone28
I just got onto my bike for a first time this Sunday and I am not sure if something is wrong with my fork as it's new for me.
I have never used air forks before and now having Reba Race on my bike I am not sure if everything is fine or something is wrong? I am talking about the sound it makes. The best example – Let’s say I am going fast downhill and at the end there is small jump I have to make to avoid some obstacles. I need to lift the front wheel etc... So when I push it down just before lifting it to the air it makes quite loud noise. It sounds like it’s releasing the air or something but it’s quite disturbing. A little bit like mechanical noise, I am not sure – it just doesn’t sound right – but again it might be because I am new to these type of forks.
Could somebody help me please and explain me what that might be and if that’s normal.
Thank you in advance.
Stone28
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Perfectly normal.
It's just the sound of the damper working.0 -
Ufff, Thank for that..... Every time I hear that noise I am scared that something is wrong with it and it's brand new. Thanks again.0
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a kind of slurping noise is perfectly normal
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it's your steed taking a breath before it launches into space - don't you do that too?
they are living, breathing things, you know
Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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SpinningJenny wrote:it's your steed taking a breath before it launches into space - don't you do that too?
they are living, breathing things, you know
Haha!
How funny is that Homer Simpson quote by the way?! Nice bike too 0 -
thank you on all counts
the bike is fab - couldn't quite justify buying yours.... Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
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On jumpy terrain my revs sound like ivor the engine. Pssch-t-cff, pssh-t-cfff...Uncompromising extremist0
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Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”
Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 080 -
SpinningJenny
The 'pssshhhh' noise you hear is the oil in the damper moving through the valves. Try adjusting the er... adjustments and you'll hear the noise change. If it was a metallic 'clunk' or grinding noise, then something is probably wrong if you can't adjust it out.
But the squishy noise is safe!Boo-yah mofo
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