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Fox Racing Shox 36 TALAS RC2 2006 Front Shocks
Product DescriptionHow much travel do you need? Six inches? Five? Four? 4X? Big Air? Switchbacks? Regardless of where or how you are riding, the 35 TALAS is ready to go. Enormous 36 mm stanchions and a stepped 20 mm thru-axle offer unprecedented rigidity and steering precision. A linear air spring and fully adjustable compression and rebound damping devour whatever terrain is thrown their way. A light flick of the lever switches between three travel options; 160-130-and 100 mm. The 36 TALAS is ready, are you?Weight: 5.23 lbs/ 2.37 kg Travel: 6.3 inches/160 mm TALAS travel adjust: 160+130+100 mm External Adjustments: -Air spring pressure -Rebound damping -Low speed compression damping -High speed compression damping -Travel Internal Adjustments: Bottom-out resistance
User Reviews 
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sportwagonus
a Cross Country Rider
from pomona ca USA Date Reviewed: July 9, 2009 Strengths: Love the on the fly 3 position 100 130 160,it gives me the i can roll over what ever is coming my way. Weaknesses: Because i did not buy the bike brand new i was not aware of the cracking of the pinch bolts at the bottom of the legs and iv been riding it for over 2 years with no problems, then with a recent inspection of the brakes discovered the crack at the bottom of the right leg. This is a problem that could of been avoided if i was aware of it.I would of contacted fox and asked if they would put the new quick release style they have come up with. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Marshal Cyn, lavern ca Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $600.00 Purchased At: Rocky Mountian/demo Bike Setup: Rocky mtn Slayer sxc 70 36 talas and dhx40 avid juicy 7ns race face atlas sram 9s kenda nevagels and xt tubeless wheels 
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danlorek
a Downhiller
from poway, ca Date Reviewed: October 7, 2008 Strengths: super stiff, feels like a mini-40. Weaknesses: just sent the thing into fox for the "travel-creep" issue. the fork only had about 135mm of travel and was super harsh on the compression stroke from oil getting sucked into the talas cartrige. the same thing happened to my buddy's 36 and my 04 32RLC....lame. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years
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Terri.
from Leduc, Alberta, Canada Date Reviewed: November 1, 2007 Strengths: Smooth, beefy fork, travel adjustment is great. Weaknesses: where did the travel go? Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Bike Setup: on my Rocky Mountain Flow 3.0 
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lucass
a Downhiller
from Canada Date Reviewed: June 13, 2007 Strengths: plush, very adjustable, strong, stiff Weaknesses: so far so good I break every thing eventually, watch for an update Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: bench in canmore Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $550.00 Purchased At: united cycles Similar Products Used: fox vanilla 130, marz. Z150 FR, 888rc2, shiver sc, Bike Setup: on a heckler
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Robert
a Cross Country Rider
from Slovenia Date Reviewed: April 16, 2007 Strengths: TALAS, stiff lowers, versatile, plush, light, Weaknesses: Lower leg pinch bolts (crack-edy-pop), Travel creap... Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: juiceofsomeyoungguy Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $1000.00 Similar Products Used: FOX VAN, FOX Vanilla 125,... Bike Setup: Who cares ? Its a AM SC Heckler!
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Andy
a Weekend Warrior
from Fort Collins, CO Date Reviewed: November 25, 2006 Strengths: Stiffness - lots of travel - unbelievably light for what it is - the first of what is sure to be copied by all of the other suspension companies. Weaknesses: Small bump sensitivity - hard to attain a good slow speed compression feel without running really low air pressure - Fox - please pay RockShox a license for their Maxle design and use it. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: the one I'm on Duration Product Used: 6 months Purchased At: Stock on my Nomad Similar Products Used: This one is kind of in a class of it's own... for now. Bike Setup: Nomad
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Dan The Greatest
a Weekend Warrior
from Adelaide, Australia Date Reviewed: October 3, 2006 Strengths: Stiff, light Weaknesses: none so far Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: The Winter/Chambers/WineShanty/Horsenell Loop Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $700.00 Purchased At: Ebay Similar Products Used: Rock Shox < BEWARE: DANGEROUS JUNK, White Bros DH90, Zocchi Z1, AM2 Bike Setup: 04 SC Heckler with 07 Fox DHX5.0 (coil), 06 Fox 36Talas RC2, XTR cranks, X.0 drivetrain(gripshift), Hope hubs + EX5.1D rims, Chris King headset, Juicy 7 7" discs, Thomson seat post & stem
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Vince
a Weekend Warrior
from Greenfield, WI Date Reviewed: September 25, 2006 Strengths: EXTREMELY stiff. Extremely light when compared to how stiff and beefy the 36mm fork is. I've never ridden a fork that had this much adjustment, definitaly a plus if you've got a few hours to go out and ride, and really take your time and figure everything out. The low-speed compression setting is awesome, it hols up the forks travel when you're climbing, and kills most of the usual brake diving but you can tune it perfectly with patience to still remain responsive. Travel adjustment is awesome. i dont know what everyone else is talking about, not being able to adjust it on the fly, it even says in the manual, it takes a few compressions for the travel to sink in. Great stuff! Weaknesses: Expensive? Some people might be overwhelmed with all the adjustments. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: John Muir Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Similar Products Used: Pike SL, Pike 454 Bike Setup: Spooky pitboss
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Dennis
a Cross Country Rider
from Southern California Date Reviewed: September 2, 2006 Strengths: Stiff, adjustable, stiff, long travel, and did I mention stiff? (as in not flexy). Weaknesses: Bad reputation - maybe improved for '07? And the price - whoa, I am glad it came on my bike! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Similar Products Used: Talas 32 130, Reba 100, Lefty 140 SPV Bike Setup: Chumba EVO with all the good stuff
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John Keelan
a Cross Country Rider
from Golden,CO,USA Date Reviewed: August 17, 2006 Strengths: The 36mm diameter tubes are beefy. Weaknesses: There are way too many adjustments on this thing. I am certain all this gimickry will not stand the test of time. I have not found an ideal setup yet. The ride is pretty harsh on small, high frequency washboards unless you let all the air out of it. The travel adjustment is not practical--it takes about 3 full revolutions (15 clicks) to go from minimum to maximum travel--not something you can do on the fly. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Similar Products Used: Marzochi, rock shox Bike Setup: Yeti 575 Enduro Pro 
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Sinner
a Cross Country Rider
from The north Date Reviewed: August 15, 2006 Strengths: Looks cool out of the box and on the bike and thats where it stops. Weaknesses: Lack of travel, damping cartridge that's not up to the job, weak lower leg clamping area. Avoid this over priced piece of junk. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $999.00 Similar Products Used: Pike's, shermen's, bomber's Bike Setup: S/c Nomad dhx coil, full xt, Hope brakes and hubs, thomson stem, King headset, Easton bar and post, Conti tyres.
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Paul Andrews
a Cross Country Rider
from Seattle, WA, USA Date Reviewed: August 1, 2006 Strengths: Stiffness, carry, balance, stability, goes where you point it, sucks up big hits, good compression (adjustable for slow and fast), drops down to 4 inches for climbing, light weight Weaknesses: None so far. Fox even has solved travel creep this time around. If you back off compression and air it up correctly you get full 160mm. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Tahoe Rim Trail Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: Downhill Zone, Seattle Similar Products Used: Zoke AM1, Manitou Nixon Platinum (a terrible fork) Bike Setup: Intense 6.6 (White Flite), DHX Air 5.0, SRAM, Thomson, XT cranks, Mavic, Nevegals
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Ted
from Birmingham, AL Date Reviewed: July 27, 2006 Weaknesses: Loss of Travel!!! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1000.00
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rudy selman
a Weekend Warrior
from san diego cali Date Reviewed: June 25, 2006 Strengths: looks, adjustability Weaknesses: well mine bottoms out at 140mm like the other guy's.... oh well what are you gonna do Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: fast ones Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $293847.00 Purchased At: rei Similar Products Used: none Bike Setup: c'dale 1mx. everything stock now, getting some formula k24s though
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Cowan
a Downhiller
from Washington Date Reviewed: June 5, 2006 Strengths: looks great, seems to have good adjustments, big big stantions Weaknesses: Ill explain in the bottom line Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $900.00 Similar Products Used: 66, manitou travis/sherman, rock shox pike, fox vanilla and talas (the regular ones) Bike Setup: Nicolai UFO st, now i have a manitou travis, full saint, mavic 729's, fsa carbon bar, thomson stem and post.
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