[Rick205]

Just purchased a week old RS Vivid - sold under the promise it had been used a couple of times as was kept as a spare and recently serviced by sram at the last WC.

Fitted it to a frame today (cant ride it as it has no chainset etc atm) and its very noisy on the rebound stroke (not a squelchy noise like mixing air/oil).

For those who have experience on the Vivid - is it noisy?, if not ill send it back as it was purchased as a shock in perfect order.

Thanks, Rick

 

[Eren]

a few people have mentioned that, i beleive last time i read about it being noisy on this site was some with the name of daryl-something or other.

anyways, i had one on my blindside and it was silent, actually overall it was a quiter bike then my sunday and dhr, i mean it literally was silent

but from my times and usage (about 6 months and 10 days in whistler) i had no problems with noise, especially sounding like air/oil mixing.

 

[Rick205]

Thanks for the reply.

195 people have looked - only one person with a vivid?

Im looking for opinions from users - i dont want to look stupid claiming the shock may be broken when in fact its not (though from my experience a noisy shock is a broken one)

Rick

 

[in the trees]

I've been running one since early Spring - weekend DH trips and XC rides during the week. My Vivid does make any abnormal sounds - pretty quiet for the most part. Good luck.

toby

 

[Banshee Rider]

No wild noises from this user either.

 

[Steve M]

My Vivid makes some funny noises, it's like "ohh ohhh OHH give it to me big boy" and then next thing you know it's squirting hot oil everywhere.

 

[ewoq]

my vivid is silent

 

[Inclag]

With rebounds fully open, most any shock will make some noise.

If you have it setup properly and it still makes some noise, it just needs to be re-bleed. Chances are that it was serviced by SRAM, but a tiny bit of trapped air in the shock will result in some "noise". Part service at races tend to be done a little quicker and sometimes without the same tools and techniques available at a companies service headquarters so I'd gander that this is the case.

I'm sure there is a fellow rider that probably lives around you that knows how to bleed a vivid that you could bribe with a case of beer or you could learn to bleed it yourself.

 

[tailwind]

Mine runs quiet.