I have the same fork ready for my RFX (Fox36, Fit4). When I demoed the RFX's one had the Pike one had the Fox36 RC2. The RC2 felt non compliant or like it had tons of stiction. I know that the RC2 and the Fit4 have different dampers.
What do you think of the Fox36 Fit4 for the RFX?
I think you mentioned a Fox34 in another thread. Did you abandon that plan?
Are you running the low speed compression fairly low?
I have the same fork ready for my RFX (Fox36, Fit4). When I demoed the RFX's one had the Pike one had the Fox36 RC2. The RC2 felt non compliant or like it had tons of stiction. I know that the RC2 and the Fit4 have different dampers.
What do you think of the Fox36 Fit4 for the RFX?
I think you mentioned a Fox34 in another thread. Did you abandon that plan?
Are you running the low speed compression fairly low?
I ride all kinds of different stuff. The FIT4 is my favorite damper once it's tuned. In all out small bump sensitivity the PIKE is the strongest, but the 36 FIT4 beats it in chassis stiffness and mid to high speed performance. For me, I'm happy to give up a little comfort at slow speeds for the control at higher speeds and those but-pucker moments!
Damn....and here I thought I had an epic day. I feel so NOT enduro.
Rode that last weekend...bike ripped!
I ride all kinds of different stuff. The FIT4 is my favorite damper once it's tuned. In all out small bump sensitivity the PIKE is the strongest, but the 36 FIT4 beats it in chassis stiffness and mid to high speed performance. For me, I'm happy to give up a little comfort at slow speeds for the control at higher speeds and those but-pucker moments!
I should sent this '16 Fox 36 off the demo to you for PUSHing, everyone that takes the RFX out with it complains and wants to ride the PIKE bike. Last week I had it replaced so just sitting here.
I agree with you and think that the RC2 that is on the Large Demo RFX has an issue (maybe too much oil) but Dave said that Fox looked at the fork in Vegas and said its fine.
Does it justify upgrading from the RC2 cartridge or can you obtain as good of a tune with it to make me forget how much more I like the Pike on my Czar?
Both the RC2 and FIT4 dampers are good and give us a great tuning platform. Because of the on-the-fly adjustment lever on ELEVENSIX I found that I prefer to have that same ability on the front. As I've mentioned in other posts, the PIKE is king in initial bump sensitivity but when the speeds get up and the terrain gets burlier the 36 shines. We haven't publicly announced it just yet but we're offering the 2016 FOX fork lined with our tuning kits installed and the first fork sales were to riders coming off of PIKE's. The feedback is pretty unanimous to my opinion. Again, this is with our tuning package installed.
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