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Fox Racing Shox 36 RC2 2005 Front Shocks
Product DescriptionAt under 5 pounds with 6 inches of adjustable travel in a single crown fork, the 36 is in a class by itself.Weight: sub 5 lbs/ 2.2 Kg Travel: 6 inches/150 mm externally adjustable with TALAS System 110mm – 150mm Adjustments: External Rebound, Dual Adjust Compression – High/Low, Spring Pre-load (air) Downhill-Freeride-All Mountain
User Reviews
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rudyrocks987
a Weekend Warrior
from San Francisco, CA, USA Date Reviewed: October 25, 2008 Strengths: Its a really good fork. I have been riding it a lot since I got it and it is amazingly smooth. I love the travel adjustment so I can do the rough stuff when I want to and also hit some jumps and it will bring you though everything. AMAZING Weaknesses: It takes a while to customize it to fit your style, but once you do that, your set. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Livewire Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $400.00 Purchased At: Craigslist Similar Products Used: Pike Bike Setup: Single Speed Giant STP, dirt jumping bike 
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Ryan
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver Date Reviewed: October 30, 2006 Strengths: Plush and stiff Weaknesses: Lost an inch of travel. This is horrible for Fox to put out a product that cost this much and can't hold up. I didn't spend this much money for a 5 inch fork and I feel burned by a company I thought made a quality product. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $900.00 Similar Products Used: Rock shock pike, Marzoch Z150 Bike Setup: yeti 575, XO, Mavic. 
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Ted
from Birmingham, AL Date Reviewed: July 27, 2006 Strengths: Tunability Weaknesses: Loss of travel!!!!!!!! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1000.00 
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Chris
a Downhiller
from Calgary, Alberta Canada Date Reviewed: May 11, 2006 Strengths: Plush and stiff Weaknesses: Loss of travel, poor customer service, cannot recomend this fork, I would never buy another air sprung fox fork Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: Calgary Cycle Bike Setup: 05 Heckler 
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John Young
a Weekend Warrior
from UK Date Reviewed: March 28, 2006 Strengths: Stiff, light, plush (for a trail fork), TALAS, strong Weaknesses: loss of 5mm travel, but hey, I ride with the fork stiff so not a massive issue. Could do with better note for not overtightening the pinch bolts expensive mistake) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Laggan / Fort Bill Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: Z1 - to easy to blow through travel, and heavy 36 VAN - put switch to half the travel on these babies and they are mine. VAN 130 - loverly, perfect AM fork TALAS 125 - nice, but stanchions to small for my liking Bike Setup: RM Switch, full XTR, MAXM MX-6 carbon bars, thomson seat post, Hope wheels (choice of AM or FR/DH) Hope mono M4 brakes.
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Dylan
a Weekend Warrior
from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Date Reviewed: February 26, 2006 Strengths: Overall look of fork is nice. Lot's of adjustment(HS and LS compression, rebound, travel, air) 36mm stanchions are a nice feature to have too. The fork is very stiff. The colour goes nicely with my bike(rootbeer coloured) Light. Weaknesses: Ok.. I bought the fork used, so maybe I had it coming. But to me, I don't see how ANY 1000 dollar fork could just break like this. The travel adjust was stuck. Won't move. Stuck, at 110mm. My lbs couldn't figure it out, so now it's at fox. Seems like a scam, considering service charge is 25 bucks and shipping is 8. So just to get the fork there is over 30 bucks. Anyways... my man Carl was an honest dude, and said he would pay for the fork to get fixed, since he said it worked(long story. But Carl, props) Other then that, the fork is nice. It would be better with about 5 click instead though. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Freeride, 4x, Street Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $800.00 Purchased At: Pinkbike Similar Products Used: Nothing really. Had 2 shermans before this fork. Rode a few zocchi Z1's. Bike Setup: 2005 Manik, MTX rims, single speed, avid bb7, sic stem deity bar, Hozfeller cranks, holy roller tires. Street/Freeride/4x setup. Weighing in at 30.6 pounds.
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Shane
a Weekend Warrior
from Portland, Oregon Date Reviewed: November 20, 2005 Strengths: This is an update from previous review Weaknesses: none Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Porcupine Rim Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: lbs Bike Setup: Nomad
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Shane
a Weekend Warrior
from Portland, Oregon Date Reviewed: November 2, 2005 Strengths: Don't know Weaknesses: customer service Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Porcupine Rim Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: lbs Similar Products Used: any Judy, Z1, Psylo, Float 100 rlc Bike Setup: Nomad, Hayes, Chris King, XTR, Thompson
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Dano
a Racer
from Nashua, NH USA Date Reviewed: August 8, 2005 Strengths: Rock solid, easily adjustable Weaknesses: none so far Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: FT Rock Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Similar Products Used: talas rc, sid, Bike Setup: enduro pro 05
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Adrian
a Weekend Warrior
from Cairns, qld Australia Date Reviewed: July 31, 2005 Strengths: Stiff,tracks like a train.Good weight, for 6" travel.Tuneable, good range of adjustment. Weaknesses: None so far, expensive but all good things are. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Glasiers/ Douglas Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $875.00 Purchased At: Pump n Pedals Similar Products Used: psylo, exvert, vanilla R Bike Setup: Craftworks 6" FSR full XT, freeride/ trail
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Matt M
a Weekend Warrior
from DENVER Date Reviewed: July 4, 2005 Strengths: FORK IS VERY STIFF AND TRAVEL ADJUST IS NICE WHEN GOING UP A LONG CLIMB. VERY TUNABLE. Weaknesses: i HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITHE THE TALAS AND THE DAMPENING SIDE OF THE FORK. THE TALAS HAS BEEN REPLACED AFTER A MONTH OF RIDING KEPT CREEPING DOWN TO 140MM OF TRAVEL. I HAD FOX PUT IN A NEW TALAS SYSTEM AND AFTER ONLY THREE RIDES IT IS BACK DOWN TO 145MM OF TRAVEL. NOT A BIG DEAL BUT THE FULL 150 WOULD BE NICE. I ALSO BLEW THE DAMPENING CARTRIDGE THE FIRST MONTH. IT LOST OIL IN THE CARTRIDGE AND LOST DAMPENING THE FIRST HALF OF THE STROKE. TOOK 3 WEEKS TO GET IT BACK BECAUSE THIS FORK IS ALMOST 100 PERCENT NON SERVICABLE. WOULD BE MUCH BETTER IF FOX GAVE MORE INFO ON REBUILDS AS THE OTHER MAJOR SHOCK MANUFACTURERS DO. THIS FORK IS GREAT WHEN EVERYTHING IS WORKING BUT I THINK THERE ARE STILL SOME BUGS TO WORK OUT. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: SHOP Similar Products Used: MONSTER T, PIKE TEAM, MARZOCCHI Z1, ROCK SHOX BOXXER Bike Setup: ENDURO PRO 2005, 5TH ELEMENT DUAL AIR CAN, CROSSMAX XL
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Dugo
a Weekend Warrior
from Albuquerque, NM Date Reviewed: June 28, 2005 Strengths: Well...stiff is a good start. Tracks true and it really does absorb well. Pretty Light for what it is. Weaknesses: The SH*T BROWN Color....give me a break Fox... Brown is not complimentary to any other color but maybe Tan. How many Tan bikes are out there??? And yes the cost, but $1000 for a Maverick makes this fork a bargin. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Otero until they butchered it. Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $850.00 Purchased At: Someplace on the Net Similar Products Used: Zoch Z1 & Z150 FR Coil, Manitou Minute 1 Bike Setup: Titus Super-moto with Mavic EX823 UST on Conti Verts...yada, yada, yada
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Paul
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Barbara Date Reviewed: June 19, 2005 Strengths: Superstiff in all directions; Anything stiffer won't make much difference. light and airy, easy to huck. Color looks great once the light brown superfine dirt has coated it nicely. Fat tubes look good. Weaknesses: Way too expensive. TALAS system has lost 11mm of travel after some riding, so far it hasn't returned. That's a major problem. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Wissahickon Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $850.00 Purchased At: supergo Similar Products Used: 888RC, Z1 Bike Setup: American Beryllium, 36RC2, sprinkled with Gold.
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serhij
a Weekend Warrior
from Poland Date Reviewed: June 13, 2005 Strengths: stiff, plush (well set up works almost like coil), adjustable travel, great job with comperssion adjustments Weaknesses: price, after few rides travel packs up by ~5mm and needs to be restored by pumping up some extra PSI Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: TPK Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1050.00 Purchased At: 7Anna Similar Products Used: Marzocchi 66, Marzocchi 888,Marzocchi Junior T, RS Boxxer Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Heckler L, Swinger Coil 4-way, Fox 36 RC2, Hope brakes, DT Hugi hubs, XTR drivetrain
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El Chingon
a Downhiller
from St. George Date Reviewed: June 2, 2005 Strengths: Followup: Very Stiff Weaknesses: Small bump sensitivity. Bottom out resistance. Fork only has 5 5/8th's inches of travel. You have to stop riding to dial down the Talas adjustment. Price Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Porcupine Rim Duration Product Used: 3 months
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