This is going back a couple years, but I'd still like an explanation I guess.
A buddy's bike sat dormant for 2-3 years until we finally went to Creek. When he took the bike off the rack and dropped the wheels on the ground, I heard a loud clunk. Pushing down on the seat, the thing just kicks back and topped out with that clunk again. I turned the rebound up all the way, but no luck. As he messed around in the parking lot jumping on it, the rear went down and stuck there. We figured he'd have to rent. But I turned the rebound knob and the shock returned and the damping was working again. Why?
As the day went on the shock went back to clunking with no damping. We figured it was shot at that point, but he insisted on riding it. Others told him that he had blown out his shock too.
I get the fundamentals of suspension and the fluid traveling thru ports and valves. But what happens that it works or doesn't? Did an o-ring disintegrate or something?
Anxiously awaiting for useless replies with one or two serious ones!
A buddy's bike sat dormant for 2-3 years until we finally went to Creek. When he took the bike off the rack and dropped the wheels on the ground, I heard a loud clunk. Pushing down on the seat, the thing just kicks back and topped out with that clunk again. I turned the rebound up all the way, but no luck. As he messed around in the parking lot jumping on it, the rear went down and stuck there. We figured he'd have to rent. But I turned the rebound knob and the shock returned and the damping was working again. Why?
As the day went on the shock went back to clunking with no damping. We figured it was shot at that point, but he insisted on riding it. Others told him that he had blown out his shock too.
I get the fundamentals of suspension and the fluid traveling thru ports and valves. But what happens that it works or doesn't? Did an o-ring disintegrate or something?
Anxiously awaiting for useless replies with one or two serious ones!