[GiantCHaDSTeR]

Reign owners! what do you think about using a Marzocchi Roco Air as a rear shock?? Roco Air does not have a platform like the stock Manitou Swinger 3way, but I've seen Reign setup with coil spring with out the platform also. what do you think guys is it doable?

 

[tkblazer]

i've thought about it also, but i believe the main advantage of running a rocco air on others bikes is that it is designed to be linear in its travel. Since the reign already has a fairly linear suspension, i don't think there would be any advantage in running that shock. If only there was a way to run the rocco coil tst or wc version, i would be really interested.

 

[GiantCHaDSTeR]

correct me if i'm wrong but coil spring are linear also and I saw some Reign owners using coil spring on their rear suspension. they said that Rocco air mimicks a coil spring suspension.

I'm thinking of just going to Marzocchi and have them install it on my Reign to test since they're just 10 minutes away from where I live. that would be nice if it works.

 

[rockyuphill]

Worth a read of this thread on coil shocks on a Reign to get a sense of how non-platform shocks behave on the frame.

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=231591

 

[tkblazer]

shoot if you're that close, give it a try... i wonder if they would let you test one out.. the coil shocks i'd be interested in would need to have compression and rebound adjustment, not just rebound like the vanilla r has in that thread.