The Fox 40 has been around for 13 years now. Over those years Fox has taken an incremental approach to improvement—each year it evolves and gets a little better. With that much evolution it has developed into something quite special. On the World Cup circuit it has become the dominant fork in recent years and this year it will be far and away the most popular fork among the front runners. Fox have tentatively admitted that it has reached the point where a number of teams are even buying the fork, rather than run some of the alternatives—a situation almost unheard of in World Cup racing. This winter we visited Fox's German HQ to catch up with Kolja Schmitt, one of their top world cup technicians, to find out more about how they prepare one of these forks to go racing and to get a few tips on how you can make your fork sing a little sweeter.
You can have yours tuned exactly like you want too, just contact your local bike shop or fox tech center ????
Also remember every factory sponsored person is a test person, just like with any other brand or product, industry etc.
Maybe Fox40 will even come as a Fit4 for the downduro people hehe
and btw all the question marks in my previous post was not to be rude, the emojies from the phone just show as that
The stuff that RAD riders test does not always make production, but they get paied to test the stuff that might make it to the public
Eg. I had a 2015 Fox 36, it had a horrible tuning - So I had a custom tune made. Then 2016 came and the cartridge was "updated" or improved etcetc. they changed the tuning to one that a pro rider used, prolly Jared Graves, because they mad the limited models that year
As for the roadie hat... I'm not sure how I'd feel about that guy, I may only let him clean my chain.
Awesome article BTW.
We're all guessing here, so I'll throw in my $0.02. Since the tool is greased and smooth and the bushing has that seam in the side, I bet the tool is pushing the bushing open at that seam it has.
service.foxracingshox.com/consumers/Content/Service/QuickTech/013_FOX-BBI_fork_bushing_tool_SP.htm
They're supposed to give us the impression that their job is to report the 'facts', as opposed to being nothing more than a PR channel for the bike industry.
"Race tuned" = worn like it's actually ridden more than one race weekend.
ICD9 752.64
Por que?
Copy and paste it to your browser. Der.
Really ??? In non-upside-down forks too???
My OCD machinists side says that if the goal is to get perfectly round, centered, and square bores in the brand new bushings, then you shouldn't be doing it by hand. Square everything up in a jig, center on the stanchion, and use mechanical means to keep even pressure & rotation. Or that tool should have a sliding guide to keep it straight & centered in the stanchion. Of course, that extra work would probably make them last a lot longer, and these guys just need their forks to last a few runs if not a few minutes.
What are you talking about? What has Fox copied from the BoXXer?
You mean the Fit damper that came out years before the charger? The idea of only using SKF dust wipers rather than the oil and dust seal that RS uses?
At first glance it appears the air springs are the same but in actuality they are completely different. The Fox works much, much better.
If someone told you vaginas work better dry would you believe that too?
Also, when your job is workong on suspension, you listen to the folks who design the product. Things aren't always as simple as you think. Which is why they clearly instruct you to leave them dry. I was just pointing that out. It's really not a huge deal.
And to be honest, I was hoping someone who actually knew what they were talking about, or the OP to reply and give me the reason why they go against what Fox says to do. Not some smart ass that doesn't know anything about suspension.
Except you can't spell. And if you can't spell its pretty likely your shit at most other things too including working on suspension.
Anyhow, I can tell this is pointless when you start judging based on my spelling of small words such as "this" and "use".
Go be a smartass somewhere else. You're not brining any useful insight to this thread whatsoever.
Anyone who's pushed on a two day old fox fork with dry wipers knows they dont work well dry.
And anyone who calls themselves a professional yet just syringes the lube into the very bottom of the lowers where gravity is sure to keep it, and it contributes next to nothing in actually keeping the bushings lubed doesn't know how to overhaul a fork.
So now you're the one saying the OP doesn't know what he's doing.
While I actually don't disagree about the lube through the bottom technique, you're years late to the table with that tidbit if information. Lots of fox techs have always been sure to coat the bushings front the top before assembly of the fork.
I guess you haven't picked on a new 2016 or 2017 Fox fork then, eh? Ass they all have bone dry wipers.
Also, stop calling me out on my spelling when yours is just as bad, if not worse.
But only a whiny douch bag would point out somthing so trivial.
Ha ha it's funny.
when are they gonna come out with a tapered steer tube for the 40? apart from anglesets I don't really see why they havn't gone with a different crown/steertube interface? (could be lighter and like 90% of recent frames (27.5 frames, not some old clapped out 2007 norco) use a tapered headset)