I recently had my Fox 36 Van Rs serviced and when it came to set them back up, I realised that I was getting no where near the amount of recommended initial sag, 2.2 cms instead of 4. In the interests of experimentation, i thought that i would swap the coil out for a softer one, but now I'm in a little bit of a quandary.
I had the green coils in which is rated for use by riders 175 - 210 lbs therefore covering my weight. In order to get near the suggested 4 cms, I've ended up putting the purple coil in which is rated for use by riders weighing 115 - 155 lbs.
My question is this, which bit of information in the Fox manual do I work to? The suggested 4cms initial sag, or the rider weight that the springs are aimed at?
Advice / opinions / previous experiences would be appreciated. I'm going to go and ride on the forks tomorrow to see how they feel, but am concerned at this point that they'll just be bottoming out all the time.
Thanks
