2021 FOX Suspension Lineup Unveiled 25

New year, new FOX goods! This is a massive update and includes the all-new 38. Learn how they've made an already stellar lineup of forks and shocks even better.

bturman
4/6/2020 8:27pm
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Ferisko
4 years ago
The real question here is: Did they finally improve the CSUs to stop them from developing the dreaded creak?
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BiNARYBiKE
4 years ago
"The smoothest, stiffest, most tunable forks we've ever made." - FOX

So they're claiming these are better than their past products? That's surprising.
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Shrockie
4 years ago
was it from a photo, or did you come up with it on your own? when was it? I've been working on something like it
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Big Bird
4 years ago
There were some spy shots of these new forks in that thread as well as a lot of talk about how to store your bike to get oil to the foam rings. I just put two and two together.
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TEAMROBOT
4 years ago
The ATC on the new 38 ranges from "it's fine" to "just deal with it," depending on how much travel the fork has.
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bturman
4 years ago
FOX appears to have kept things consistent. Both the 160mm travel 29-inch 36 and 38 measure in at 575mm.
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TEAMROBOT
4 years ago
I was triggered by your initial question. The entire reason recent Fox CSU's creak is because in 2015 when they released the new 36 they made the crown 10mm lower at the steerer tube to minimize ATC height for the new taller 27.5 and 29" forks. The old 26" 36 forks had a super-tall bombproof crown, and there are still 2007 36 forks on dirt jump bikes around the world that don't creak, whereas my brand new 2020 36 creaked after three rides. All the while 10mm of axle to crown height doesn't really affect ride quality- just run one less spacer or a lower rise bar. 10mm additional stack height below the headtube equates to roughly 4mm of stack height above the headtube, so I'll take a taller ATC and no creaking any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
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Klink du Kul
4 years ago
Is the euro pricing correct? A 30ish % markup seems more than a bit excessive imho - though I guess parts of that markup is VAT
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Oz_Taylor
4 years ago
Yea I dunno it's strange. These are MSRPs so VAT should be included. The products are actually cheaper to buy in Canada than the US, and like you say roughly 30% more expensive in Europe.
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BikerBoris
4 years ago
Looking nice, but those EU prices are a joke. I really don't see a reason to pay almost 50% more then in US... And yes, import taxes etc, but it should be around 20% with those, not 50.