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Hi
Am considering some new forks and looking at discounted Fox34 2015 forks.
They are evolution series as opposed to FIT3.
Any reasons not to buy particularly bearing in mind they are £200 cheaper than the FIT3 version?
Alternatively could look at Pikes
Any advice gratefully received
Cheers
Steve
Edit:actually looking at the pics a bit closer it appears the Evo forks are non kashima. Can anyone confirm this?
I've recently bought some OEM 2015 Evolution 34s. They aren't kashima. I've not tried the FIT damper so can't compare but I can't fault their performance so far. They've got the "you don't notice they are there and just get on with it" feel of the old Fox 32s that I had. Not sure if that helps you but I like the fork!
From what I understand the older Evo forks had open bath damping [b]BUT[/b][i] the 2015's had a version of the FIT damper. Evo and Performance are not Kashima from memory, Factory are.
I've just got some 2014 Performance and think they're really good. Not Pike (Or 2016 34's by all accounts) good but then they were far cheaper.
I found the Evo 32s that came on my 2015 Trance to be pretty wooden feeling. I've just replaced them with some RCT3 Revelations, which are much better.
Factory, Kashima, FIT damper
Performance, non kashima, FIT damper
Evo, no kashima, non FIT damper.
Go for a FIT dampered Evos are 'compromised'