My bike came with an Marzochi EXR Race shock, I swapped it out for the Fox. Made the bike perfect for me.

None so far.

Fox makes a great shock.

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Stiff and smooth. Uses its full 130mm of travel. Easily adjustable.

None, so far. I haven't heard the noises when it's been sitting the others have.

My Psylo would only extend to 115mm, even after taking it apart several times and changing to a stiffer spring. It always felt like I only had about 2 inches of usable travel on the brakes. The Float now makes the bike feel balanced with the rear set at 5", and confidence on technical downhills is much higher. I also had problems with the Psylo U-Turn going down on its own, and for the trails I ride it wasn't practical to keep changing the travel every 500 yards. I love knowing I'll have 130mm of travel available at all times. Pricepoint included a new headset to sweeten the deal. Definitely a worthy upgade.

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Rockshox Psylo Race.

Lightweight, fast and responsive, easy to adjust to your needs

It broke with dirt jumping.
Internals bang around inside on rocky rides.
Completely worn out in less then 2 years.

This fork came on the bike and i loved it from the start.
It is realy smooth on XC-trails but is still able to take some big hits.

Putting in some extra air when going into heavier terrain is easily done and straightforward: 10% more pressure means it can take 10% bigger hits.

Rebound adjustment is easy and works realy well. Although for me the number of clicks could be reduced. I usually adjust at least three clicks at a time when changing to different terain.

With rocky freeriding it's a bit nervous. More travel would be a sollution here. Furthermore the internals bang around inside, making a lot of noise. This cannot be good for wear....

I broke the fork with dirt jumping in bikepark Winterberg. After overshooting a big table i landed very hard. When cleaning the bike i found a big crack in the arch connecting the lower legs, and one leg was pushed through the crown some 3 mm.
When sending it back for service/repair it appeared that all internals where completely worn out... repair was no reasonable option anymore.

Therefore i replaced it with a Marzocchi Z1 SL: half the price, much more features and just a bit more weight. I still have to see how it performs in the long run, but from the first impression i like it allready much more then the Fox...

Bottom line: beautifull fork for XC and all mountain riding. Not enough travel for freeriding. Not strong enough for dirt jumping. Expensive.

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Rock Shox Judy XC

its unbeleivebly light, its pretty sensative to small bumps

really to soft, i mean i have a pretty even pedal stroke and when i am just sitting down i feel the fork diving right through the travel i mean it is over half way down, and it can't take hayes brake (my model)

this fork has a load of good qualitys but its just not the best for all mountain or (like graves uses it) 4X it is was to soft and i would recomend you to use a marzocchi DJ pro or all mounain 2

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none really this is my first fork over a 100mm (i used to race xc)

Light, strong, and functions well.

After just 10 hours of use it would not accept air. I had to send back to Fox for repair. Now it creaks anytime I ride over a higher root or rock, or when I apply the front brakes. Really annoying. I just bought a Marzocchi All Mtn
SL. Hopefully it will live up to the great Marzocchi reputation. We'll see.......

I bought this fork because of the good experience I had with the Vanilla. (It creaks too, but not as bad.) I did read that Fox Air forks were not as good as Marzocchi, but I just thought, "everyone has their opinion". Live and learn I guess. This Fox fork was a disappointment and a huge inconvenience. I will never buy a Fox air fork again! How can I rate anything but the lowest after this experience.

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Never used an air fork before. Previous fork was Fox Vanilla 125R. (Great fork!)

This is one of the smoothest forks I have ever owned. All you have to do is follow Fox's recommended settings and the fork is spot on!

The compression "whoosh" and the thunking.

I have this fork reduced to 80mm of travel and it outperforms my 130mm Manitou Minute 2:00! It is so much smoother I consider it to be in a different class. I only wish I tried Fox earlier.
If you want a smooth fork with great handling and can swing the price, buy it.

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I've owned, Manitou Mars, Marzocchi Jr T., 04' Manitou Minute 2:00.

Light weight, simple design.

When adjusting the rebound it also has an effect on the compression dampening. The faster the rebound the softer the compression.

I purchased this fork because the Psylo was leaking badly. It's adjusted to 100mm stroke and it performs great. It's supple on the small stuff yet doesn't bottom harshly. I'm 165 lbs so I think the compression is about right from the factory. If I was lighther or heavier I might spend the extra money for compression adjustment. I set it up full fast on the rebound which happens to soften the compression as well. Its just right as it doesn't blow through the travel and also doesn't rebound to quickly. This fork tracked noticibly better than the Psylo at the same weight 3.6lbs. Also doesn't leak air like the rock shock did.

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STIFF,VERY LIGHT FOR A 130MM FORK,AND IT LOOKS DAMN COOL

DUNNO!!

IT IS A STUNNER AND I LOVE ANYTHING THATS FOX,THESE GUYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING FRONT FORKS FOR MTBs YEARS AGO.

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FOX VANNILA 130R
ROCKSHOX DUKE RACE
ROCKSHOX DUKE XC

Plush as, makes bumps disappear, easy setup

None at the moment but they aint cheap to buy

These forks were an upgrade from the stock Manitou Black Elites. My wife got them to on her bike. We have done probably ten rides since we got the forks. They give a super plush ride and are easy to setup and the air adjustment means you can fine tune them ever so precise. They look great too(at the moment. Im glad we spent the extra dolleros on them.

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None as good as these

Light, stiff, plush, good looks

it has the infamous Fox "Thunk"
The looseness in the bushings but it disappears once you get rolling. a bit annoying

I really like my first Fox shock. Really good looking, stiff, and one of the plushes fork I've ever ridden. The only annoying part is the Fox thunking and loose headset feeling when the bike is standing still. It goes away once the fork starts cycling through a few bumps. I've written Fox on several occasions on this matter and they say it is why Fox forks are so plush. Oil filled in the bushing gaps and therefore you get a plush ride along with long lasting bushings. If that is how fox forks work, then I'll accept that. But the thunking while standing still is annoying. Overall, I love the fork.

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