Submitted by
speedy_gonzales
a Downhiller
from Cheshire, UK Date Reviewed: October 7, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Pila WC Downhill Course, Italy
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$1500.00
Strengths:
Excellent damping system at both high and low speed, with the DHX 5.0 on the rear, bike soaks up the hits like butter, this is a very light and rigid fork. Looks brilliant in white!
Weaknesses:
Not many, though stansions scratch easily..
Similar Products Used:
Marzocchi 888, Fox 36
Bike Setup:
Sunday Factory Frame, Fox DHX 5.0, Saint drivetrain and shifting, EX721 on Hope Pro II, Maxxis minnion and high roller combo, direct mount sunline stem, Avid Code 4 Brakes...
Bottom Line:
Not cheap, but an awesome fork...
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Submitted by
Maestroforlife
a Racer
from Invemrere Date Reviewed: June 28, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Swansea
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$1.00
Purchased At:
na
Strengths:
The 2009 damper is way ahead of the previous years. Weight/strength is just right, coil forks are so much more supple.
Weaknesses:
I feel that brake tourque and oil contamination due to shrink wrap on the spring is the demise of my left side bushings.
Similar Products Used:
I have been on these forks for 4 years. I have teched many other brands, but none of them can touch Fox for internal quality.
Bike Setup:
2008 Glory DH with a cane creek Double Barrel...so you know that the fork better be good b/c that rear shock will make a weak fork obvious.
Bottom Line:
Fox has evolved this fork to be one of the best DH racing forks on the market. The new 2009 damper has some subtle changes that make it perform so much better then the previous dampers. Changes like a glide bushing in the seal head of the damper and MUCH better compression valving, make this fork so much smoother and more controlled through the stroke. However there is something I have encountered and that is premature wearing of the left bushings. I attribute this to a combination of contaminated lubrication oil and brake torque.
I think what FOX needs to do is redesign the bushings so that the left upper bushing is 2 or 3 times longer and the lower one is double, this would help counter brake torque effect on the lowers and lead to longer bushing replacement intervals.
They might also look at a way to isolate the spring from the lubrication oil and use a slick honey or M-prep type grease on the spring. That would eliminate the contamination of the oil by the shrink wrap on the spring.
I think a Air 40 RC2 is just around the corner once Fox figures out how to adapt a compresson blow off chamber for the air spring to make the air spring less progessive and more linear like a coil.
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Submitted by
downhillerfromchch
a Downhiller
from new zealand Date Reviewed: February 10, 2009
Favorite Trail:
coronet nats track
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$2000.00
Purchased At:
doctor bike
Strengths:
the damper and feel of these forks is amazing, stiffness, look
Weaknesses:
thin lowers. put a 1cm round hole in the lowers from a rock flicking up off the wheel
Similar Products Used:
all of boxxer range, 07-08 40
Bike Setup:
sunday frame, dhx 5, codes, hadley hubs on atomlab rims
Bottom Line:
insane fork. takes a lot of setting up but once dialled in is amazing. sits nice and high in the travel and doesn't blow through travel like boxxers do. these forks give so much confidence when pushing limits. at speeds that i was starting to feel scetchy on my boxxers, with these it feels effortless, they carry speed so well, worth every cent. just don't let rocks hit them like i did lol
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Submitted by
BATM
a Downhiller
from Rathdrum Date Reviewed: November 11, 2008
Favorite Trail:
down hill
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$1600.00
Purchased At:
beyond bikes
Strengths:
Very plush, predictable, stiff, easy to tune, Light!
Weaknesses:
None so far.
Similar Products Used:
Marz 888R, Marz 888rc2x
Bike Setup:
08 SC V10,
Bottom Line:
So far these have been absolutely great forks, I ride this bike 3 to 4 hours a week sometimes 8 hours a week, started riding these the beginning of August. The ride qaulity may not be a lot better than the marz 888rc2x, but they are a full pound lighter, and so far have been as reliable.
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Submitted by
wookierider1992
a Downhiller
from whereever i want to be Date Reviewed: July 22, 2008
Favorite Trail:
all of em
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$1000.00
Purchased At:
private seller
Strengths:
everythin
Weaknesses:
none
Similar Products Used:
there are none
Bottom Line:
sick
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