Has my bike been sold with the right fork?

Mark909

Anyone any good at identifying forks?

I treated myself to a marin rocky ridge for chrimbo.

It comes with a Fox 32 Vanilla R, 140mm with 15QR thru axle system.

The forks that came with my Bike have "Float" written on on leg and "R" written on the other.

Looking the the fox website i see they also do a fork called "Float"

This has got me wondering if my bike has been sold to me with the correct fork as surely it would say "Vanilla" where "Float" is written?

Any ideas?

Anonymous

a pic would help but it does sound like you have the air fork (float) as oppose to the vannilla (coil).

iirc the vanilla has the word "vanilla" written on the leg

depends on your view but iwould prefer the float any day of the week and it is a more expensive fork too!! the advantage of air is lighter weight and much easier to adjust to individual riders weights

jadamson

looks like you have got yourself a good deal if they are the floats!

stumpyjon

Manufacturers often reserve the right to swap components and in this case it doesn't sound like they've reduced the spec either. As long as it is still 140mm of travel & 15mm QR it sounds like a good deal.

Mark909

Its looks like they are the FLoat. I opened up the preload cap and theres an air valve there. Luckily i realised this as i was just about to but a heavier weight spring. Looks like ill have to buy a pump now!

Anonymous

nicely done then, i would prefer an air spring any da and a new pump wont be more expensive than a new spring.

shlamaprumpa

same happened with my rocky ridge, came with a float rather than vanilla fork, i'm pretty chuffed, much prefer air forks because i find even the heaviest springs to still be a little soft for me

Mark909

shlanaprumpa is your bike rocky ridge 2009?

I guess marin must have swopped forks for some reason.

Thanks for advice everyone.

shlamaprumpa

yes Mark909, it's the 09 model, got it from leisure lakes

BlackSpur

Does it still have the 15mm bolt thru axle?

Mark909

yes they are 140mm with 15mm bolt thru axle.

Yukon Lad

nice one, float are quite a bit more expensive than the vanilla.
Also can anyone tell me how i tell wether my bike is able to convert to a bolt thru at the back

Thanks, Yukon Lad