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Fox Racing Shox
36 Talas-RC2
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Submitted by
loneryda
a Weekend Warrior
from Mackay QLD Aust.
Date Reviewed: November 21, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Mt Perry | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | Rock'n'Road | | Strengths: | Great big hit ability, Adjustable travel, reliability, looks. | | Weaknesses: | Small bump compliance | | Similar Products Used: | nil | | Bike Setup: | 6 inch Banshee Rune | | Bottom Line: | A lot of the time I don't notice my talas when I'm riding. Mainly because it it just gets on with the job sucking up bumps and drops with great control and confidence. There is no pedal bob when standing up and hammering and it really likes being pushed hard, it's a great air fork for aggressive riding. Small bump compliance however suffers as the low speed compression is overdamped. Get this one if you're after a stiff no-nonsense fork with limited problems and great design. If you do aggresive AM riding and climbs and need the lightest stiffest and best perfomed air fork you gotta get one otherwise get the float if you dont climb much. Fox really does rule the 6 inch market and the talas 36 has served me well. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
whidbeydh
a Downhiller
from Oak Harbor, WA
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | All | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Online | | Strengths: | Build quality. Ease of adjustability. | | Weaknesses: | Not a coil fork. Hard to get full travel without heavy brakdive. | | Similar Products Used: | Vanilla,Pike, Lyrik | | Bike Setup: | 09 Turner 5spot | | Bottom Line: | This is a great fork. However< I just could not get used to an air fork. I'm rating this fork highly because i believe it is a good product...It's just not for me. I went back to a coil Lyrik. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
leonrod
a Weekend Warrior
from uk
Date Reviewed: September 1, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Gisburn Forest | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1100.00 | | Strengths: | Adjust-ability, very plush, easy to service (cleaning and changing bath oil not a full service, IL leave that to the experts) good tracking and stiff. | | Weaknesses: | the only thing i dont like is that the compression damping is on the bottom of the leg, id rather have the rebound at the bottom and the compression dampening at the top, no biggie. i do believe they have done this for the new 2010 version so if your gonna get one id wait for the new ones to arrive. | | Similar Products Used: | rock shox reba | | Bike Setup: | Giant reign x | | Bottom Line: | great fork, it has turned my bike into "go anywhere do anything rig". steep hill no prob just turn the talas knob to 100 and once you get to the top turn it to 160 and blast back down and use 130 for regular use. ive done a 4ft drop to flat with this fork and forgot to switch it up to 160mm and left it in the 100mm setting and it still soaked it up without bottoming out. there expensive but worth it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
kburati
a Downhiller
from Natick, MA, US
Date Reviewed: June 29, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Vietnam | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | Universal Cycles | | Strengths: | TALAS adjustment is the best Air fork Travel adjustment available for a long travel Single Crown fork | | Weaknesses: | Could use 10mm more travel to be competitive with Marzocchi and Rock Shox | | Similar Products Used: | 2008 TALAS RC2, 2005 Manitou Firefly, 2003 Marz Z150 | | Bike Setup: | Turner RFX - 6" rear travel 6" front | | Bottom Line: | This is a review for the new 2010 FIT TALAS 36 RC2 fork. I've been on the 2008 version for the past 2 seasons and that was an excellent fork. The reason I upgraded to the 2010 was the claimed improvements in damping when set to the lower 2 travel settings. On the 2008 fork the TALAS didn't soak up small stuff in the 130mm setting and lost some of it's feel vs the 160mm setting. The claim by FOX is correct, the fork is actually more supple in the 130mm setting and is awesome on the trails. Small bump compliance is better overall in all settings (note: since I have a 6" travel frame I never use the 100mm travel setting on the fork) but most noticable in the 130mm setting. Fork also uses all of it's travel now where the 2008 always left an inch of unused stanchion no matter what travel setting. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mountain_bomber156
a Cross Country Rider
from SoCal
Date Reviewed: February 21, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Are you kidding? | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1100.00 | | Purchased At: | Universal Cycles | | Strengths: | What can I say? It's got travel adjustment, famous Fox quality and dependability, and you never have to own more than one bike. | | Weaknesses: | Silver color hard to match up with standard bike colors out there | | Similar Products Used: | 36 Float, Manitou Nixon | | Bike Setup: | Intense Tracer VP, 36 TALAS, DHX Air, Stroker Grams, Deore XT | | Bottom Line: | Wow. This fork rules. I only need one bike for everything i ride (XC races, occasional trail rides, AM) and this fork i=was the stepping stone. Worth the $1100. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
SEA_MTBR
a Weekend Warrior
from Yokosuka, Japan
Date Reviewed: January 24, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Comfortably Numb (Whistler Canada) | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Strengths: | Adjustability. Plushness. Ease of adjustments. Thru axle design. | | Weaknesses: | Price. Weight. Does not work with Hope Floating rotar and I9 Enduro Hub. | | Similar Products Used: | PIKE 454 Air U-Turn, Talas 32 R & RLC. | | Bike Setup: | Titus El Guapo. I9 Enduro Wheelset. Hope Tech M4. | | Bottom Line: | You get what you pay for. Truely amazing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeffreal
a Weekend Warrior
from Tucson, AZ
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Milagrosa, Upper 50 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Fast adjustable travel 4,5,or 6" in a few seconds. Just reach down turn the dial 90 degrees and that's it. Lightweight for the travel. Stiff. PLUSH for an air fork! Quick 20mm axle system. FOX has amazing technical website with full rebuild instructions and videos and hints for cleaning etc.. | | Weaknesses: | Price is HIGH.. cuts into beer money. Makes you ride too fast. | | Similar Products Used: | Answer Products Nixon Platinum. Various Rock Shox products. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Enduro Expert, I9 Enduro wheelset (sweeeter than honey), Hayes hydraulic, Saint shadow rear mech, bash ring and double chainrings, XTR Rapidfire shifters, Ergon lockon grips, carbon bar and post, Thomson stem, etc | | Bottom Line: | This thing is a dream. It's a new bike. I can ride trails in the 5" mode, climbs in the 4" mode, and bomb past my buddies on the 6" downhills. It tracks like a dream with stiff yet plush control. Fox nailed it with this unit. Plus their technical info website has all the rebuild instructions and tons of great info for keeping it clean and dialing it in. I hardly messed with anything despite all the options of fast and slow compression, etc. It climbs and desceds without getting in the way. I can do 5 to 6' urban assault drops to flat concrete and this thing doesn't bottom. It's a costly mofo though... so save up by drinking PBR instead of Guiness and you'll be glad you did (so will your gut).
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Submitted by
GaryM
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary, ab canada
Date Reviewed: September 16, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Easy setup, damping, stiffness | | Similar Products Used: | '06 36vanRC2, marz 66RC2X, 66SL1ATA, 888, fox40 | | Bike Setup: | Knolly endorphin | | Bottom Line: | I have been using my 2006 van36RC2 for 3 years and really liked it. I decided I wanted travel adjust for my new frame so I picked up the '09 TALAS. I have always been skeptical of air forks and travel adjust but they nailed it with this one. It is noticeably stiffer than my '06, has better damping, more sensitive to small bumps and is 1/2lb lighter! Travel adjust works very smoothly and it handles the big hits fine. It keeps up much better at high speeds through repeated big hits than the van did. I don't know how many of the improvements are from the '08 changes and how many from '09 but the fork is amazing. Also much easier to set up than other air forks I have tried that have multiple chambers to tune.
It costs a fortune but the performance backs it up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
scott15318
a Weekend Warrior
from Otterberg, Germany
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$965.00 | | Purchased At: | Greenfishsports.com | | Strengths: | Fine Tuning, 20mm axle, TALAS system, weight, compression | | Weaknesses: | None found so far | | Similar Products Used: | Rock Shox Lyrik 2-step | | Bike Setup: | 07 Kona Coiler Deluxe, Sram X.0, DXH 4.0, Easton AM Havoc wheelset, Truvativ crank and BB | | Bottom Line: | I just finished my first ride with the fork and all I can say is WOW!!! I cannot believe how nice this fork is. It responded very well to small bumps and I had no problems with 6 ft drops and aggressive downhill sections. I even forgot that I left the TALAS in the 130mm setting and hit some pretty bad ass drops without even noticing. This fork is well worth the investment. You will not be disappointed at all with the TALAS. I wish I had this fork all along on my bike.
I will post a review in a few weeks after I get a few more miles on this fork. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
northstarrider
a Downhiller
from Livermore ca USA
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Playground | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Purchased At: | aunts shop | | Strengths: | where to start ? It almost has a brain it takes the little rocks to droppoffs with ease easy to adjust travel to 100 to 160 takes bout 10 seconds I have a nissan pathfinder so I need to take off the wheel and 20qrs suk not anymore can have it off in just 30 seconds amazing | | Weaknesses: | the only thing that I can say is that going from 160 to 100 take a long time or you need to bang on them until they go down | | Similar Products Used: | marzoracchi | | Bike Setup: | 01 big hit STR conponets talas dhx | | Bottom Line: | I love to downhill but usually I have to ride out , this fork is very light and with the adjustable travel it makes the climb a little bit eaiser. The 130 setting is nice to ride around town because it keeps the handle bars level I also use this setting for the flats but rite before the downhill I flick the switch and i have the ultimit downhill machine. The price is a little spendy well not for me but the fork is well worth it its a cross country freeride and downhill fork all in one and its a orgy to ride lol for that 5 stars | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gazzer
a Cross Country Rider
from manchester england
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | glentress | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay(new) | | Strengths: | very plush through the whole travel, rebound adjustment is very good, 20mm axle easy to remove, not quite as good as maxle but nearly!
very very stiff on the downhill, the new talas lever is 100% better than last years | | Similar Products Used: | rock shox pike, 32 talas 2008 | | Bike Setup: | turner 5 spot, stans rims, maxxis high roller tubeless | | Bottom Line: | only used it for 4 rides, so cant give a decent reviw, but setting off on a 215 mile , 7 day ride on monday, so will report back on my return. At the moment sems to be super stiff, buttery smooth travel, easy adjustments.
What more could i ask for..........., well for it to be reliable and i think ive found the perfect fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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