RockShox Boxxer Race 2008 Forks

4.2/5 (5 Reviews)
Weight : 3084 grams


Product Description

  • Travel: 203mm
  • Spring: Coil
  • Damping: Motion Control
  • Lowers: One piece magnesium
  • Crown: Forged Aluminium
  • Steerer Tube: Aluminium


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Reviews 1 - 5 (5 Reviews Total)

User Reviews

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by sam

Date Reviewed: March 24, 2013

Strengths:    Buttery smooth action, reliable, predictable, easy to service and light as a feather!

Weaknesses:    People complain of lots of flex in boxxers, although there is a little bit of noticable flex, its nothing worrying.

Bottom Line:   
Awsome.

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Favorite Trail:   Lumpers, Ravensdale

Duration Product Used:   Used since manufactured :)

Purchased At:   Friend

Similar Products Used:   2005 Marz Bomber 66

Bike Setup:   Commencal Supreme DH

Overall Rating:2
Value Rating:3
Submitted by Jibb a Downhiller from Dublin

Date Reviewed: April 6, 2012

Strengths:    maxle works well stantions dont chip easily

Weaknesses:    paint is weak, fork flexes slightly,customer services is terrible need to be serviced a lot

Bottom Line:   
not my fav due to stiction paint and customer serive

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Favorite Trail:   Cloon

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Price Paid:    $200.00

Purchased At:   pinkbike

Similar Products Used:   888,40,66,drop off triples

Bike Setup:   2008 giant glory dh

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Vic690 a Downhiller from Italy

Date Reviewed: November 23, 2010

Strengths:    Super smooth fork, with super simple adjustability, easy to operate and to maintain, cheap and worth every cent.
I use it with standard spring (i'm 72 kgs) and it guarantees perfect plushness for dh and fr riding.
Good stability and don't flex under pressure.
Maintenance is very simple and 30 minutes of work guarantees incredible smoothness.
Had occasion to swap for a new Boxxer, but kept it as it's a really pleasure.


Weaknesses:    Got to replace internal screws of thru axle due to wearing.

Bottom Line:   
Hands down the best fork i ever had/tried.
Simple and really smooth, things that i didn't notice in newer models.
Cheap and easy to maintain, i recommend it for who wants to have the best results with the lowest expense.

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Favorite Trail:   Flying mozart - Wagrain

Duration Product Used:   2 Years

Price Paid:    $300.00

Purchased At:   Used from Germany

Similar Products Used:   Marzocchi 888 rc, Marzocchi 66 rc2x, fox 40 rc2

Bike Setup:   Transition Blindside, m size, fox dhx rc4 shox, sram gearing, avid juicy 7 brakes, hope wheels, spank and answer accessories

Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:5
Submitted by inoack a Downhiller from sandy, ut

Date Reviewed: October 15, 2009

Strengths:    Very smooth

Weaknesses:    ? not much adjustability? but I've not needed anything not offered

Bottom Line:   
Very smooth very nice. All additions would be very minor. This to me is very suprising considering where this sits on the product line. bottom out Beg vs End travel comp/rebound would be nice, but still very nice without. It gives me 5 chili comfort and confidence on the bike, but since it does lack the minute adjustability 4 hot pepperz! As a comparator for riding style I cleaned all of whistler first time no look this summer except goat's gully, clown shoes and A-line... (ie I can't jump to save my life and not good at skinnies!) Dunno if that helps define riding style at all, but I've been very happy with the performance overall.

The friends that have the 2009 state the same perf...

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Favorite Trail:   any DH

Duration Product Used:   3 months

Purchased At:   on bike

Similar Products Used:   Marz 888 coil, fox 40

Bike Setup:   GT DHi x9 build

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by kurt whitcombe a Downhiller from australia

Date Reviewed: January 3, 2008

Strengths:    Compression adjust, rebound adjust, maxle thru axle 20mm, motion control

Weaknesses:    none

Bottom Line:   
A true performer for downhill abuse and a reliable range of compression and rebound adjustments.

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Favorite Trail:   mt stromlo dh course

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Purchased At:   1000

Similar Products Used:   none

Bike Setup:   fox dhx 3.0, truvativ hussefelt cranks, crank brothers 5050 pedals, sun rims singletrack sl1 rims, axiom sealed bearing hubs, dt spokes, norco atomik vps hydroformed, truvativ hussefelt dh bar, hussefelt stem, avid juicy 3 brake set with 8 inch rotors.

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