Hi,
Maybe I can buy a 2005 Fox Forx Vanilla R for quite cheap instead of my current fork, a 2003 RS Duke XC U-turn 63-108mm. I do mostly urban (60%), DJ (20%), and some freeride (20%, smaller road gaps, drop offs, max 15ft or so). What do you think? Should I buy it? It is light and has a good amount of travel but I have worries about it's durability for agreesive street riding.
those arnt even close to being a freeride/urban fork at all. Check out a RS pike, its still not a real FR fork, but it'll hold up alot better then the fox.
how do you know that the pike will hold up better than the fox? The construction is similar, I ve ridden both and there isnt a real noticable difference. The fox feels like it has better dampening though.
Dude, I've blown my rock shox 3 times this year, and I didn't even jump it. Maybe its just me. However, I also own a Fox Vannilla 125R and have done tons of drops off retaining walls and similar stuff and the fox has never bottomed, blown, or broke. Plus fox gives you two extra spring kits. One hard the other soft. So, if the stock setup is too soft just slap the stiffer springs on.
Dude, I've blown my rock shox 3 times this year, and I didn't even jump it. Maybe its just me. However, I also own a Fox Vannilla 125R and have done tons of drops off retaining walls and similar stuff and the fox has never bottomed, blown, or broke. Plus fox gives you two extra spring kits. One hard the other soft. So, if the stock setup is too soft just slap the stiffer springs on.
Was your RS a Pike or what? The pike has a 20mm dropout over the Qr of the Fox Vanilla, if youre gonna go for fox with the intent of djing and fr, you might as well wait until the 36 comes out.
Good trick This thing is in Hungary, a guy in my city want to sell it. It is brand new, never build in, has the warranty and all stuffs.
So you are not sure the Fox will handle the stuffs like street riding and DJing.... what about it's overall feel? I've heard that it has great dampening.
it was a Psylo SL. No through axle. O.K., I can see why you might want the pike for the solid axle but does it make a huge difference? I guess it would help. I cant tell the difference between it and QR but maybe I don't ride hard enough.
he said he had a duke, thats like a budget cross country fork. THe fox would be better than the duke but there are still many other forks that would suit your type of riding...
I have a good luck with my Duke. It has no major problems, and I used it for some quite heavy freeride (road gaps, some lightish northshore stuff), street and light dirt.
I know that there are a bunch of other good forks, my personal favourite is the 2005 Sherman FireFly Plus, but I'm quite on a budget.
Anyway, thanks for the advices, and post any other experiences or inputs
If you haven't smashed a Duke you've got no worries and will be pysched with that Fox, it'll feel more solid and smooth than the Duke.
But if you use it, you will miss the u-turn adjustable travel. If you don't use the u-turn and have picked a travel setting you like, measure the distance between the axle and fork crown and see how the Fox compares, that way you'll know if/how your geometry will change before you buy.
If you plan to step up your riding, I'd suggest something with a 20mm thru-axle, they are just way stiffer. Consider a new Fox 36 ($$$, not available yet) or one of the hex-lock manitou shermans, you can prolly find some '04's pretty cheap right about now...
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