Spy Shots: New Prototype Fox Fork on Atherton Bike

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5/28/2012 8:46am Edited Date/Time 8/16/2014 10:39pm




What chain ring is that???
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5/28/2012 8:58am
Good eye mate. The chainring is probably a power meter. They're getting popular since Danny Hart started using one. I couldn't quite make out the name on the fork crown. Is it Shugger like sweet or shagger for Gee?
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5/28/2012 9:27am Edited Date/Time 5/28/2012 12:47pm
I think that might be "Slugger" must be a pic of Marc Beaumont's fork.
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5/28/2012 9:31am
"Slugger" for Marc I'd reckon.
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5/28/2012 9:41am
looks like grease ports and lighter machined legs, another step in the right direction
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5/28/2012 9:53am
Interesting! Hopefully Fox are ready to share some more details about the fork over the coming days...
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5/28/2012 9:59am
v-brake boss mounting option.
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5/28/2012 10:10am Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:21am
A few more shots:





Word on the street is that it's a full on air fork, not just air assist.
5/28/2012 10:33am
Dereka15 wrote:
looks like grease ports and lighter machined legs, another step in the right direction
Grease ports! Hell yeah! The end of actual fork maintenance youpieee!
5/28/2012 10:36am
There's one angle there where it looks like a lot of stanchion showing...like more than the usual travel...but it's probably just an illusion...
5/28/2012 10:55am
Saving my pennies already. I've been sold on air just waiting for fox to make the 40 in O2. Iceman, that last pic looks like that is more than usual stanchion showing. hmmm. likely just internet stoke making me see things.
5/28/2012 11:13am
there isn't any more travel, the crowns are just further up the stantions. forks look sweet though. thank god I got rid of my 2008's, they looked dated then they'd be worthless in a few months! haha
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5/28/2012 11:32am
maybe that's why he crashed..
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5/28/2012 11:42am
putting my forum geek hat on - I'd be inclined to agree with the full on Air fork angle, looking at the stickers.. "RA..."?
5/28/2012 11:57am Edited Date/Time 5/28/2012 12:00pm
White lowers look way better than the 40's black . More reason that Fox stays on top of the suspension market.I always wondered why companies never put a drain plug into the bottom of there legs for fast easy oil changes.with the exception of Totum.
5/28/2012 11:59am
Fox 40 Air with speed lube ports!....Guess I can always dream.
5/28/2012 12:23pm Edited Date/Time 5/28/2012 12:28pm
They switched from IS to post mount. Yay.

RAC2? I bet so.
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5/28/2012 12:28pm
could they have increased the stanchion diameter? the fork looks FAT!
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5/28/2012 1:13pm
RAD(research and development).........
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5/28/2012 1:29pm
That looks like it has enough clearance for a 650B tire
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5/28/2012 1:44pm
motomike wrote:
That looks like it has enough clearance for a 650B tire
i like it.
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5/28/2012 7:08pm
motomike wrote:
That looks like it has enough clearance for a 650B tire
sspomer wrote:
i like it.
So does Noah Sears!
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5/29/2012 6:18am Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:21am
Greg's on the same program:



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5/29/2012 7:39am Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:21am
and Sir Peaty...



... and presumably every other Fox rider, including the Flying Banana in the background.
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5/29/2012 10:15am
Kinda of off topic, but do those little fenders actually do anything (the one on Greg's bike)?
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5/30/2012 11:57am Edited Date/Time 4/21/2016 10:21am
Dereka15 wrote:
RAD(research and development).........
more like Rapid Application Development (see Slugger's lowers, two thirds of that acronym is clearly visible).

if a full on air fork, wonder if they using nitrogen.
5/30/2012 11:43pm
Im always burping my Monsters,and shivers every couple of days riding,but those are open bath moto style. and my valve is at the top .
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5/31/2012 12:37pm
Dereka15 wrote:
RAD(research and development).........
Capricorn wrote:
more like Rapid Application Development (see Slugger's lowers, two thirds of that acronym is clearly visible). if a full on air fork, wonder if they using...
more like Rapid Application Development (see Slugger's lowers, two thirds of that acronym is clearly visible).

if a full on air fork, wonder if they using nitrogen.
we're both wrong, its racing application development haha

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