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How to Destroy a Fork by Eric Portillo
Location:
Madrid (Spain)
Song:
Jonsi - Around Us
by Dirtyflows.com
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- Date Posted
- Dec 4, 2011 at 16:31Dec 4, 2011
- Category
- All Mountain/Enduro/DH
- Location
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Madrid, Spain
126 Comments
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rabbito
(Dec 4, 2011 at 17:27)
thats why you use fox40s
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i own a fox 40, their still pretty racy forks. id personally go with a 888 for fr over a fox 40.
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i really dont think it would make a difference between rockshox doing this and fox... they're about the same quality
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Boxxers are not that strong! i agree! But this is what happens when you land like that and bottom out your rear suspension that hard, making your boxxer work like it was installed in a Orange County Chopper!
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The chances are you would destroy any fork on such a hard bottom out. The only problem with OLDER boxxers is that they were not too stiff so it was easier to bend and break them.
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That's a good joke. That landing would kill most forks. especially after a heavy season. 40s actually have more durability problems than boxxers due to piss thin walls.
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Oh god not another arguing on boxxers vs 40's, one thing I can tell, I heard a lot more ppl say Boxxers are not even close to the 40s than anything else... Lookout on pb, you'll see maybe one or 2 40s cracked and like 30 boxxers destroyed...
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Myths propagate fast. You see more old cracked boxxers because they were weaker, new ones are strong if not stronger than the 40s.
You also see way less hurt 40s because there is less of them. They are much more expensive. Why the hell people never notice that?
You also see way less hurt 40s because there is less of them. They are much more expensive. Why the hell people never notice that?
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Boxxers more expensive? I don't know were you buy your bike parts but on my side a 2012 fox 40 was about 300$ less than same year Boxxer and Marzocchi were 60$ more than fox, I looked all three of them to finish my bike build... And its not for nothing Santa Cruz just changed from rock shox to fox... Just sayin'...
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Boxxers are cheaper because you have the race and team version. There is no fox 40 team. Also RS has much more OEM deals = much more prebuilt bikes offered with them. Bikes offered with fox are only the top models. Do you really belive the fox 40 sales and boxxer sales are close to comparable?
As for Santa going from RS to FOX - I doubt they did it because the forks crack. The team had no problems with boxxer durability from what I know. Also neither the FOX team or RS team guys run stock dampers so your argument is invalid. They changed because they got a better deal. That's how it works on the top. They don't pick the parts the like the most.
As for Santa going from RS to FOX - I doubt they did it because the forks crack. The team had no problems with boxxer durability from what I know. Also neither the FOX team or RS team guys run stock dampers so your argument is invalid. They changed because they got a better deal. That's how it works on the top. They don't pick the parts the like the most.
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Boxxers are not cheaper, And anyways, i don't have a 40 for nothing... 40s are actually different, boxxers run with air and fox with coil... Anyways, in my opinion, Fox are way better than boxxer as marzo are either
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Boxxers are really nice forks. They are just a little lighter design then say the marz or fox forks. But that's what all these guys building $6000 bikes want right? I do think the new model 36mm boxxers are far stiffer then the older 32mm. I'm a zocchi guy myself though. Want to ride the newest 888 so bad.
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The funny thing is the differance in lowers weight between marz and boxxer is close to none. RS and new 888s with a aftermarket italian air spring weight ~100g of each other. If you take into consideration that RS has lighter axle, steerer and crowns that differance is even smaller. Fox is a bit heavier but that's 40mm diameter makes for thinner walls. I still don't get why marz went from 36 to 38mm.
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I regret my choice between my fox and a marz, I like my fox but its more maintenance than a 888 and the marz is feeliing soooooo smooth its incredible!
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i dont know why people are argueing between boxxer vs fox, did no one here watch ROAM, i mean come on the stuff they did on those boxxers more than proves they are the superior fork for both strength and reliability, its just videos of these retards landing solidly on there back wheel there whole 3 years of riding there bike leads to anything breaking.
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so wait... your telling us to not argue... then come and say that boxxers are better... sir your logic is flawed
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One thing people are leaving out is that his rear tire got pulled by that bush a little bit do all his weight onto his front wheel which was on an up slope. They had been riding that jump repeatedly so landing not only flat but uphill slightly would rip up and fork. It wasnt a new fork so it probably wasn't as stiff as newer products
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wtf? was he wearing clips? i don't see any other explanation for him.... TAKING the bike with him as he went over the bars. lol
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