The Fox bunnies have been busy over the winter and have revamped their line. There are some technical tweaks, lots of cosmetic ones some new models and a couple of great improvements over an already impressive line.
32F SeriesLet's start at the zero body fat end of things. The XC Race fork... It's obvious that there's been a big facelift, with a nice cream colour (goes well with your World Champ's jersey too) - and a whole new lower leg assembly too that shares a lot of features of the 36 range. There's more stanchion/crown overlap, plus a beefy, squared off brace - and forward facing dropouts to safeguard against rotor assisted wheel ejection...
The X-series (F80X and F100X) has a 'Pro-Tune' knob at the bottom of the leg to tune between 'Full-on race mode' where only the biggest hits move it and it remains rigid the rest of the time and 'Trail' which allows a much more natural platform for trail riding, preloading the fork for jumps and so on. In the 'open' position, both settings allow the fork to move freely. Weight will be around 3.4lbs and retro racers can still get a V-brake compatible fork as well as the standard disc one. 32 FloatThe Pro Tune Damper also comes on the 'X' version of the 32 Float too, which, with the rest of the 32 Float platfrom now has 5.5in (140mm of travel). Weight for these forks is 3.8lbs and they share the same new casting as the F-series, with its new chunky brace and bolt on brake hose guide.
The new look Float and new 32 casting common across the 32mm stanchion forks. You like? 32 TalasThe Fox 32 Talas again has the new casting, but also now has a great improvement to its TALAS travel adjust system - the three position switch. Instead of having to dial things down with your thumb, you'll be able to flick a switch between 100 - 120 and 140mm of travel. There's even a TALAS X version too with ProTune.
The Fox 32 TALAS 32 VanillaThe 32 Vanilla, choice of Cotic Soul and Turner Five Spot riders everywhere it seems, now comes with 140mm of plush coil spring action, that new casting and it only weighs around 4.2.bs...
The Fox 32 Vanilla The New 36 FloatThe Fox 36 has been a very popular fork since its introduction, in both TALAS Float air and Van coil versions. Well there's another model this year to join them, the 36 Float. 'Big air, big trails, big bikes' is the catchline and the 36 Air has already got some drools in the offic. By not having the TALAS adjustment system, the new 36 Float can be made lighter - at a hair over 5lbs.
The 36 Float Something that will please ALL 36 fans for next year is that the annoyingly separate cap on the thru-axle is now reverse-threaded - so no more pulling the cap out rather than the axle. Hooray! All the 36 forks now have a whopping 6.3in of travel too - 160mm.
36 TALASThe 36 TALAS doesn't change dramatically, though it does gain that three position travel switch - between 100-130 and 160mm. The TALAS and VAN also gain a hydraulic bottom out damper which smoothly increases the bottom out resistance at the very bottom of the stroke so you don't clonk the fork on hard landings.
The new 36 TALAS. Now not in brown... 36 VAN The Fox 36 VAN now comes with 'BNG' - Bold New Graphics...
(It also has 160mm, reverse threaded thru axle cap and hydraulic bottom out damper too...) And that's about it. If it ain't broke...
Fox 36 VAN Fox 40 fork The 40 - well, it's still the 40... Prettier looking with new gunmetal finish and the new banded graphics.
The 40 - 'nuff said... The new Fox RP23 shockThe Fox RP3 shock was well received, but some users didn't like the rather vague clicks and were confused by the three settings. The RP23 shock is coming out to simplify and improve things. Firstly, there are only two positions for the lever (That'll be the '2' in the name then) - these are 'Firm' Pro Pedal and 'Light'. Then there's a three way knob to turn (that's the '3' then') - this dials in the Pro-Pedal setting when in the 'firm' setting.
So this means that in 'Light', there's very little ProPedal. In 'Firm' it can be set to your choice of 'Light, Medium or Firm' depending on your preferences, weight and the trail. The platform in all positions only affects low speed force (pedalling bob) and doesn't affect your medium and big hit damping.
Talking of damping, the RP23 also has an increased rebound damping range that should cover every situation...
The RP3 - and that knob in detail Van R rear shockAnd finally, here's the new Van R rear shock. It's a stripped down, simple and relatively affordable rear Fox shock that still features a lot of the bells and whistles of the higher end shocks. Shim controlled compression and rebound damping with externally adjustable low speed rebound. It's the kind of thing that'll appear on bike park rental bikes, hard users and those on a budget.
So that's the rundown for 2007 Fox. Remember it's all 2007 stuff and isn't going to appear until much later this year. When it does, though, you can be sure that the fine folks at www.mojo.co.uk will have all the details for your delight, including UK prices and delivery dates.
32F SeriesLet's start at the zero body fat end of things. The XC Race fork... It's obvious that there's been a big facelift, with a nice cream colour (goes well with your World Champ's jersey too) - and a whole new lower leg assembly too that shares a lot of features of the 36 range. There's more stanchion/crown overlap, plus a beefy, squared off brace - and forward facing dropouts to safeguard against rotor assisted wheel ejection...
The new look Float and new 32 casting common across the 32mm stanchion forks. You like?
The Fox 32 TALAS
The Fox 32 Vanilla
The 36 Float
36 TALASThe 36 TALAS doesn't change dramatically, though it does gain that three position travel switch - between 100-130 and 160mm. The TALAS and VAN also gain a hydraulic bottom out damper which smoothly increases the bottom out resistance at the very bottom of the stroke so you don't clonk the fork on hard landings.
The new 36 TALAS. Now not in brown...
Fox 36 VAN
The 40 - 'nuff said...
So this means that in 'Light', there's very little ProPedal. In 'Firm' it can be set to your choice of 'Light, Medium or Firm' depending on your preferences, weight and the trail. The platform in all positions only affects low speed force (pedalling bob) and doesn't affect your medium and big hit damping.
Talking of damping, the RP23 also has an increased rebound damping range that should cover every situation...
The RP3 - and that knob in detail
