better or worse?

[pittysquash]

im wanting new forks, looking towards the fast ace ones as there in my price range and look fairly decent, but ive seen that theres as03 and as02?

whats the difference which is better? :confused:

[opopop]

im wanting new forks, looking towards the fast ace ones as there in my price range and look fairly decent, but ive seen that theres as03 and as02?

whats the difference which is better? :confused:
im just guessing but ide say the more expensive version if there from the same seller or the higher the numberz...:thumbs:

[Despise]

if i remember right the AS03 are great for SM but kak for offroad

(dont quote me on that though, themountain will confirm though im sure.

[pittysquash]

ah right yeah cos ive seen more people use aso2's on dirt, also i dont seem to see them for sale anywhere? :(:confused:

[Polski]

There is a huge difference.

AS-02 uses 7075 aluminum lower tube in 38mm construction and has compression adjustment on one leg and rebound on the other. No spring preload adjustment except that done by modification by owner and the nitrogen pressure, they do need a shim stack for bigger riders.

AS-03 have chrome steel construction on the legs and are only 35mm. They also have a dummy compression adjuster that does nada. Still a reasonable fork just have to mod them yourself like any other fork to make them work for you.

I would go for the AS-02 if you ride offroad

[pittysquash]

thanks thats helped me alot, good thing as im going with the as02's
does any body know anyone selling them brand new off line/shop/secondhand? :confused:

[Polski]

Cant find anywhere that sells them in the U.K :cool:

[Despise]

AS-03 have chrome steel construction on the legs and are only 35mm. They also have a dummy compression adjuster that does nada.
one is dummy the other isnt.

basically its one side adjustment to match the other, otherwise you would have to balance two together (if there was 2)

[pittysquash]

yeah i get ya