Coil vs Air Fork
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- Coil vs Air Fork? What's the difference? Which is better? Those are all good questions that we answer in this bike quick talks! We talk about the pros and cons of a coil fork and the pros and cons of an air fork and lay everything out in the open for you to decide which one will fit you better!
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🔥 Do you ride with an air or a coil fork? 🔥
Coil
Both
Soon i will ride with an air fork but for now the coil fork Lel
Coil
Solid aluminium fork. Just getting a proper bike
Well.. At last I've see a video with someone telling me in simple words which is the way to go with your front forks on a E-bike/ mountain bike, I already adjusted my forks by letting out some air & was ok with how it handled, but now that I know that I've done the right thing I'm happy .Thanks again for the east way you explain things.🙂👍
Thanks man 👍only vid I could find on CZcams that actually gave me information
Awesome! Glad it helped!
Deserves more subscribers. Thanks, dude.
Appreciate it!
Thanks for the information! Helped me a lot
Glad it helped!
Thanks man!🚴
No problem! Glad it helped!
Thx bro this was really helpful
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
It's too bad they don't really make any high-end coil Forks anymore. A high-end Air Force versus a high-end coil Fork, very debatable which one is better.
Some buy a regular air fork and install coil conversion from aftermarket brands. Like Vorsprung dmashpot, I had one myself had fox 36 with it. But Push Industries, Avalanche also offer coil conversions.
Marzocchi bomber Z1 coil, Ohlins 36 coil, Formula Selva C, Cane Creek helm coil, MRP ribbon, quite a few downhill forks, there's the Vorsprung or Push conversion kits as well. Plenty of options!
Thx for the information
Thanks for watching!
Those adjustments are not at all the main difference between air and coil. LOTS of coil forks have those adjustments. You dont mention the difference between ride characteristics between the two types of springs, which are the actual main difference
Problem I am having with selecting an air fork is I am limited to a strait steer tube and I am a 235lb bodybuilder. The "ONLY" shock I found was one from Fox and its $1K for a 100mm travel 32mm XC air fork but has air setting for my specific body weight and beyond. BUT back ordered till god knows when maybe years from now. There is one at my bike shop from Rockshoks I think its a recon. Same specs (nearly) and its 1/4 the price. But on the air chart on the shock it just says put "x' amount of air for a 200lb + rider. Would this shock work for my body weight? Or will I destroy it because I am to heavy?
The Suntor XC spring shock I have now feels like a pogo stick.
Great question! I myself am around the same weight and on my mtb I have the rockshox recon silver. The air chart on the side is more suggestions for where to set the pressure at versus being a set in stone rating. I actually run my fork at less than the air chart says most of the time, I feel it gives a better ride for the type of riding I do.
As for destroying it, good luck with doing that. I've ridden all mountain downhill trails, raced 24 hour races, packed the whole fork crown full of mud and more and it's still kicking! Could it use some new seals after 6 years of riding, sure but so would any other fork.
The fox fork just had more bells and whistles to it along with slightly larger stanchions, but you'll be perfectly fine going for the rockshox especially as an upgrade to a suntour coil fork.
you can get headsets to fit taper in straight tubes (some tubes)
SR Suntour has a nice selection of air forks for straight steerers.
235lb "body builder"?
Just wait till you graduate jr high and get a car instead of mtb forks
Thanks for this video. My son is keen on converting from his coil fork to an air fork. Is there conversion kits for this? Have you done a video on this. Many thanks
I found this searching around, its pretty ghetto looking so I wouldn't recommend it. www.instructables.com/Improve-your-bicycle-fork-suspension/
I would probably just look for a new air fork and swap the forks out.
I've always been resistant to switch to air. My problem is not the technology, it is better in pretty much every way except for the fact that a coil is steel, and "steel is real". for a coil to fail you really have to do so much damage to the fork that it won't be a fork anymore at that point. With air, the pressure chamber has failure points that can trigger when a consumable part just... Rots. Rubber doesn't last that long, and while spring coils also use rubber seals, they will continue to work without them, an air fork will just splat down. Not to mention that it makes maintenance a pain.
So I guess that what I meant to say is, seeing how the price for these types of forks has dropped so much, I would really like for someone to convince me that these preconceptions I have about them are overblown or misguided.
Do I need to buy the super special o-rings and rubber dust boots/dust wipers from the manufacturer at extortionate rates? Or can I just go to the hardware store and get o-rings and they work just fine? Can I improvise a dust seal using foame like I used to do on my old oil/spring fork?
This is important to me because I believe in future proofing. If I see a product I know I can't mantain or fix when it brakes, it's just not very appealing to me. Will I be able to pick up one of these air forks in 30 years time and overhaul them back into 80%-90% of their original performance without issue like I do with seized, rusted over MTB coil forks from the early 90s now?
If you stick with a nicer quality air fork from a reputable manufacturer you should be able to repair it for many years to come.
I don't know what type of fork i have on my ebike, it has a blue lock/open knob on the right and a preload adjustment on the left.
Hi, sorry i'm a newbie . i got a 30 Silver TK, and its says spring : coil, solo air what does that mean? yes there's schraeder valve, so could it be one stanchion for air and another for coil? can you give me some light, many thanks
So I did a little looking around and it appears they offer that fork in both air and coil versions. If you have the schrader valve on top you have the air version.
Hello brother, I ve not got a xct 30 on a cross grx 9 2019, and I was looking for an upgrade, and I found these 2, which are a Suntour Axon 100mm 2017 or a rockshox judy silver tk aolo air 100mm. Can u help me decide which of them is the best?
I'm a big rockshox guy so thats the way I would lean, however Suntours stuff has gotten slightly better over the years, just depends on the price difference between those two
how do they differ in terms of maintenance?
Dope
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Hello dear youtuber , I have a question I am purchasing a bike with an SR Suntour XCM30 120mm front shock with 2 settings lockout and preload and I'm curious whether I can take off the preload cap thing and switch it for one with another colour.
You can just take it off and paint it if you want
@@YourFavoriteCyclist thanks
Uhhh, man i have a question, idk what type of suspension my mtb uses, is it coil or air. Well can't adjust it without using a socket wrench and there's no adjustment like that you showed at 2:04. I use a rhino mtb
That sounds like you have a standard coil fork on your bike.
Rhino brand is trash
ive got a rst f1rst platinum for 50, Is this a good deal?
Sounds like a pretty good deal to me!
I now wonder what a coil spork would look like...
😂
What do you suggest for ebike body frame like bmx style (bike)weight is roughly 70lb
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@@YourFavoriteCyclist thx for the reply
How to adjust the preload of the coilfork sir? Plus and minus?
Plus adds more preload, so compresses the coil spring.. Keep in mind this has just and small effect, and you need correct spring rate, and adjust the damper to correct rebound damping setting, but cheap junk forks don't have a damper just preload on spring so they rebound crazy fast, no damping so not as stable, but it depend son the spring in the fork and rider weight too, but for proper adjustment you need a damper and correct spring rate, one size fits all does not work.
Which is the best Suspension fork?
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What about the weight difference, lets say in a 29er, is it a big difference in weight?
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Air is annoying especially if you live somewhere where it can change temperature by 20 degrees in a short time.
Which one is more reliable tho?
I would say with proper maintenance they are equally reliable.
For what purpose is that mud guard on front wheel?
To prevent muddy water from going in your face when you hit a puddle.
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How much do air forks cost in your country?
Depends on quality and brand, they go for $100+ depending what you go for
Why cycle at western countries that expensive? Even parts are damn expensive, a simple basic bike in your country is like $200 same as our basic bike which cost $60
Every magic goes with slider sleews,uper stantions material quality and spring quality.I rode Axels with air and they are crap and also i rode Mz Bombers with coil and they work like hell.Air infact is mostly for weight reduction or for fat people where coil wont work.
Coil is the best
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Thanks for this video. My son is keen on converting from his coil fork to an air fork. Is there conversion kits for this? Have you done a video on this. Many thanks
I don’t think you can convert them. You have to buy a new fork that is made to hold air.