1998 Rock Shox Indy C - Is the steerer replaceable?

[s1monf]

Ermmm

Dunno, and in these circumstances I'm not sure why I'd want to?

 

[isitafox]

Remove the lowers and swap them onto the uppers of some Indy C forks with a 1 1/8th steerer

 

[s1monf]

Yes, I could but I have a NOS fork and the option to modify the steerer for free, keeping the remainder of the fork in tact.
I don't have an 1 1/8" steerer and crown so feel this is not a preferred option.
Thanks for the selection none the less.

In a nutshell, I guess I've now answered my initial post - Just curious as to whether option A or B would be advantangeous.

 

[Maxipedia]

This is definitely an oddball! Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't 1.1/4" steerers only to be found on kind of expensive bikes like Yetis? So why would RockShox manufacture their lowest end fork (except the elastomer Indy S) with such a size? As an aftermarket item for what???

First I'd try to find out what the deal with this fork is. I wouldn't change it for the moment.

Otherwise, 1997 was the first year for the Indy. There is no 1996 Indy.

I have a 1999 Jett XC which basically is an Indy with uglier stickers. Mine has a cablehanger that I can't quite understand, since most of the bikes in the Jett/Indy price range already had (cheap) V-brakes. I think RockShox made some limited oddball aftermarket forks with weird specs, just in case anybody wished for one. If anybody else has info on this, please do share. I am very curious!

Thanks,
Mx

 

[We_are_Stevo]

...1997 was the first year for the Indy. There is no 1996 Indy.

Mx

Really :?:

Rock Shox introduced the Indy C in April '96 using their Type II spring system; In May '96 came the Indy XC, and in June '96 the Indy SL. The XC and the SL were for the '97 model range.

I'm guessing this is the '96 Indy C...

...that s1monf has NOS because this...

http://mombat.org/97RockShox7.jpg

...is the '97 model with the pressed in stanchions.

 

[Maxipedia]

Hm, then I must be wrong. My apologies!

Could '96 Indys be midseason models? They don't appear in any catalog from 1996 that I've seen and I also don't remember them in magazines until 1997. The graphics are obviously also very 1997, as 1996 was plain boring and 1998 a bit more refined when it came to that.

Sometimes companies launch products just after the release of a certain year's lineup, due to certain reasons I don't know about. It was the same for the new Boxxer chassis. The fork was planned for 2010 but it was available in June 2009 and it was sold together with the old chassis version. Still, people refer to it as "the 2010 Boxxer". Could this Indy situation be similar?

Anyhow, does anyone have clarification about the 1.1/4" issue? I really want to figure that one out.

Mx