Hi all,
Over the past few rides I have noticed that my pikes (dual position air) have started to lose pressure.
This seems to happen intermittently, i.e. it will go for several hours riding with no loss of pressure at all, but then every now and again they will seem to lose a significant chunk of pressure all at once.
for example last night I was out, started at 100psi; checked a couple of times during the ride and no change (including fully bottoming the fork out a few times), but when I got back to the car and checked, over the last third of the ride it had dropped to 70psi. (I’m always checking pressure set in max travel mode)
Anyone had this issue at all? Any diagnosis?
In terms of causes, the only things I can think of is that I have somehow botched up the lower leg oil change I did recently, but I can’t see how that would have affected it.
Also there are a few marks on the air-side stanchion where I hit a rock a while back. However this doesn’t affect the air piston (which contrary to what a lot of people think, sits fully inside) so I can’t see how that would cause it either.
Would really appreciate it if anyone has advice to share of possible causes. I really don’t want to have to send the fork back and lose riding time!