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Air Fork - first use.....

stone28stone28 Posts: 26
edited June 2009 in MTB general
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

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  • BoardinBobBoardinBob Posts: 697
    Perfectly normal.

    It's just the sound of the damper working.
  • stone28stone28 Posts: 26
    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.
  • Andy BAndy B Posts: 8,115
    a kind of slurping noise is perfectly normal
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  • SpinningJennySpinningJenny Posts: 889
    it's your steed taking a breath before it launches into space - don't you do that too? :wink:

    they are living, breathing things, you know :D
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • GTi-R23GTi-R23 Posts: 175
    SpinningJenny wrote:
    it's your steed taking a breath before it launches into space - don't you do that too? :wink:

    they are living, breathing things, you know :D

    Haha! :lol:
    How funny is that Homer Simpson quote by the way?! Nice bike too :wink:
    Specialized Rockhopper Pro '09
  • SpinningJennySpinningJenny Posts: 889
    thank you on all counts :D

    the bike is fab - couldn't quite justify buying yours.... :wink:
    Ned Flanders: “You were bicycling two abreast?”
    Homer Simpson: “I wish. We were bicycling to a lake.”

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • NorthwindNorthwind Posts: 14,675
    On jumpy terrain my revs sound like ivor the engine. Pssch-t-cff, pssh-t-cfff...
    Uncompromising extremist
  • SpinningJennySpinningJenny Posts: 889
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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 08
  • Chaz.HardingChaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
    SpinningJenny :lol::lol::lol:

    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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