How to tell spring vs air,oil forks

meehah Posts: 11

June 2014 edited June 2014 in MTB general

Could anyone tell me how to tell the difference between air oil forks and spring ones?

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  nicklouse Posts: 50,675

  June 2014

  Open them up.
  
  Why?
  
  
  If there are no air valves they are most likely coil.
  
  If there are air valves they could be coil or air.

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  rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774

  June 2014

  Or they could be coil and air.

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  alexthebear Posts: 349

  June 2014

  Or they could be inflatable forks

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