Coil Shocks/Forks vs their air sprung counterparts...
JDRfive
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Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of coil shocks and air shocks?
thanks
thanks
Life's too short to be boring.
09 Kona Dawgma
08 Orange 224
09 Kona Dawgma
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Coil is meant to be smoother and a bit plusher, and tougher. But is also heavier and you may need to change springs.
Air is light and very easy to fine tune, but apparently not as plush.
I find my air forks and shock perfectly smooth, but I haven't used decent coil bits.And now you know, and knowing is half the battle
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05 Trek 1000 Custom build
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Right okay.
I was considering upgrading my air tora 318s to a set of fox 32 vanillas, but is the difference in weight going to be substantial? And will it upset the balance of the bike if I still use a air rear shock? Life's too short to be boring.
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The balance won't be affected.
Which Vanillas are you looking at? The basic version is inferior to the Tora 318 in my opinion.0 -
supersonic wrote:The basic version is inferior to the Tora 318 in my opinion.
Why? Not arguing but seems a strange claim.And now you know, and knowing is half the battle
05 Spesh Enduro Expert
05 Trek 1000 Custom build
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It was the basic £500 version. Why are they inferior?Life's too short to be boring.
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You can get the RLC model for under 500
http://www.noahsark.co.uk/fox-32-vanilla-rlc-2009-standard-dropout-p-2179.html0 -
ah ok, thank you.
if i got that model, supersonic, would it be better than the tora 318?Life's too short to be boring.
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08 Orange 2240
