[rzozaya1969]

This happened for my last two rides, and not the whole ride.

I was JRA when...... well, the first time I heard it I was riding the bike from my car to my house, and when I braked, I heard like there was water someplace on the fork! It was pretty weird, since it didn't rain, the bike didn't get wet, and I wasn't carrying my cambelback then.

This sunday I heard it again when I got to Espiritu Santo, and then after some time, it stopped.

Anyone has any idea on what I should check for? I think the noise is comming from the front brake, but noises are weird....

 

[dir-T]

I can't tell for sure from your description but does it only happen when your fork compresses?

I had some sort of Marzochi (cheaper, MXR maybe) fork that made terrible "swosh" sounds whenver it compressed. In my case, it was normal and happend all the time.

If yours is just doing once in a while maybe a seal is getting broken-in or worn-out. But I think it would be pretty obvious if that was the case.

Wierd.

 

[Tracerboy]

Well, it could just be the sound of the oil in your fork. When u compress, the oil makes that squishy sound. I had a manitou black that made the squish sound from the oil and a lot of high travel forks do that.

 

[Guest]

I had a similiar problem...

with my '04 FSR Stumpy. But it only happened at high attitudes, like Mammoth. The squishy sound seemed to be coming from my rear shock when it compressed. The sound stayed with the bike until after a couple of rides near sea level. Then the squishy sound would disappear. I figured it was possibly an air bubble in the shock that expanded at high attitudes. Its possible you may have the same problem. Anyhow, I don't have the noise now.

 

[Ricko]

Have you washed it lately?...

I used to have an Ells Isis and there was an opening in the frame where top tube met down tube. I would get water in there when I washed it so after washing I would always turn it upside down and all around to get all the water out of the frame.That was always one thing I hated about that frame!

 

[rzozaya1969]

I used to have an Ells Isis and there was an opening in the frame where top tube met down tube. I would get water in there when I washed it so after washing I would always turn it upside down and all around to get all the water out of the frame.That was always one thing I hated about that frame!

No, and it's a weird noise. It's like something of water, but hard to describe. The fork is a Fox Talas, and Shimano XT disc brakes, if that's anything to consider.

 

[Warp]

with my '04 FSR Stumpy. But it only happened at high attitudes, like Mammoth. The squishy sound seemed to be coming from my rear shock when it compressed. The sound stayed with the bike until after a couple of rides near sea level. Then the squishy sound would disappear. I figured it was possibly an air bubble in the shock that expanded at high attitudes. Its possible you may have the same problem. Anyhow, I don't have the noise now.

We (Rzozaya and I, not in the same house you know ) live in the same town and it's pretty high all around here. 7200 ft and up.

Maybe just the oil flowing (my former Warp made a swooshing sound at the shock when compressed deep into travel) but who knows with that ubercomplicated TALAS systems of your fork.

 

[rzozaya1969]

We (Rzozaya and I, not in the same house you know ) live in the same town and it's pretty high all around here. 7200 ft and up.

Maybe just the oil flowing (my former Warp made a swooshing sound at the shock when compressed deep into travel) but who knows with that ubercomplicated TALAS systems of your fork.

It's funny hearing a 20-million-plus people city called a town

 

[Warp]

It's funny hearing a 20-million-plus people city called a town

Well... it's just a bad-arse big rancho!!