?Why no titanium springs for Fox Van forks?

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nitropiro said:

Why doesn't anybody make titanium springs for fox 36VAN forks?

As an aftermarket part the weight could easily be reduced by using something like that

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No, weight would not be "easily" reduced. I have a titanium medium spring for my marzocchi 888, I have a steel medium and light spring. The titanium spring weighs about the same as the light spring. It does not save much weight at all. On a rear shock you are maybe saving 1/3rd a pound or so at the most. In some isolated cases where the spring is super long (like a 3 or 3.5" stroke rear shock) you might see some bigger savings, but I highly doubt you'd see much weight saved in a fox fork. You might save 100g, and the cost to benefit ratio is pretty poor. Titanium springs like that usually cost upwards of $100, more like $200.

As an aftermarket product many people would be willing to spend $150 dollars for a 100g savings as well as the bragging rights. And if I am not mistaken titanium springs offer a different feel than steel coils which may be of some benefit to a rider.

Totally guessing here, but I bet the thicker wire necessary for a Ti spring might be hard to manufacture because of the small coil diameter (only ~1.25" OD). There's a limit to what wire diameter and coil diameters are possible.