Seen on multiple bike at Sea Otter the Fox RAD prototype USD fork:
This has been discussed in Intend and Push forums. I don’t have the energy to recap the info but it’s out there.Very interesting - you could really do some fun stuff with damper in a fork like this. Would be interested to know how they are addressing torsional stiffness...maybe it's a simple as big-ass tubes?
View attachment 2140165
Came in here to ask how many posts before someone does a lap on stiffness and saw that the number was 0... literal zero. We didn't make it a single post.
LMAO I just read through the Intend discussion and I see that the stiffness thing has indeed been done to death. Other things to discuss about this fork...my chief concern is that unless they make the big tubes gold, how is anyone going to know that I'm riding a Kashima fork?This has been discussed in Intend and Push forums. I don’t have the energy to recap the info but it’s out there.
That’s a good point.View attachment 2140165
Came in here to ask how many posts before someone does a lap on stiffness and saw that the number was 0... literal zero. We didn't make it a single post.LMAO I just read through the Intend discussion and I see that the stiffness thing has indeed been done to death. Other things to discuss about this fork...my chief concern is that unless they make the big tubes gold, how is anyone going to know that I'm riding a Kashima fork?This has been discussed in Intend and Push forums. I don’t have the energy to recap the info but it’s out there.
No doubt. If this hits the market, I am thinking $1599Looks like a lot more than a prototype lol. Wonder if Push got wind of this and why they dropped price on theirs.
Since the stanchions are gold maybe clear guards for now?LMAO I just read through the Intend discussion and I see that the stiffness thing has indeed been done to death. Other things to discuss about this fork...my chief concern is that unless they make the big tubes gold, how is anyone going to know that I'm riding a Kashima fork?
Ok Mr 2015 but we already had the Shiver and Dorado among many others.Eh Intend has been doing it for years now. Push last year. Figured copies were forthcoming.
My Jedi is sad you didn’t talk about its Emerald.Ok Mr 2015 but we already had the Shiver and Dorado among many others.
If this was anyone other than Fox, I would agree…Very interesting - you could really do some fun stuff with damper in a fork like this. Would be interested to know how they are addressing torsional stiffness...maybe it's a simple as big-ass tubes?
Literally been waiting for this so I can drop my Avy Hybrid cartridge into a USD fork. Rumours are it’ll be available in June, fingers crossed that’s true.Definitely interested, this with an Avalanche Hybrid coil would be the fork I've been looking for
USD forks do look pretty.But why?