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Richie Rude-approved inverted enduro fork gets the official release. Oh so desirable! Oh so expensive!
Am I really the first on this? I just clicked on to look at the price, and Fox... you didn't disappoint!
I remember the first time round that the suspension manufacturers tried to sell an upside down fork. It was as noodly as a massive bowl of noodles.
*Ouch!
Just saw the price!
It's amazing. I have ridden loads of forks over the years and this one really is something special. I would like to compare it to an Intend to see how they compare. That way I could see if most of the special sauce comes from the inverted chassis. It's got me questioning if 38mm stanchioned forks are just too stiff.
This really has got to the best ever "HOW F@#%#&£%£G MUCH" to end all "how f@£%#*£g much?"s.
At least until they being out a 'special edition' endorsed by someone I've never heard of version.
Aren't the Intend forks a little cheaper?
Although the Intend with the one piece upper will make the Fox look cheap, the Push is more than the Fix as well but given both are produced in relatively small numbers, it does make the Fox look expensive.
Be interesting to see what the new carbon 38 Intend forks are going to cost.
The one piece is more expensive, the moto V2 is a lot more expensive (€4,334, inc VAT but comes with a shock, the suspension kind, not the price…)
£2200, I'd expect them to be perfect out of the box....
£2200, I'd expect them to be perfect out of the box....
Diaz Suspension Design | We got a sweet new test fork in the shop 🙄... Followed directions / torque specs from the manual to check alignment.... Both tubes slide... | Instagram
That is hilarious and somewhat off putting. Intend by contrast post videos of the burnishing each set of busing individually as they hand assemble forks in-house.
Edit- does that mean the podium doesn't have the floating axle to avoid exactly this?
They do look pretty cool though.
They do look cool but how much is novelty value? If upside down was industry standard I can't help thinking that people would be clamouring for right way up forks because they're light and stiffer.
I'd still like a set of USD dual crowns but only on a DH bike. Happy with regular forks on everything else.
When I’ve had forks with pinch bolts both sides before (remember the old days?) it was key to tighten them all together, not do one side up tight, and then the other.
I'm not at all surprised by the price. Plenty of forks have hit the 2k mark before.
When RockShox launched the Judy DHO in the late 90's / early 00's, that cost £1250.
Looking back on it, it's insane - a triple clamp fork with 6" of elastomer travel. 😳
The shop I was working in at the time had a pair in, on display chained to the wall. Every customer that saw them said exactly the same: "how ****ing much?!"
We eventually sold them for about £300 a couple of years later.
It's amazing. I have ridden loads of forks over the years and this one really is something special.
How does it compare to a nice coil fork, would you say?
Obviously I've not ridden the Podium, but the benefits described by most of the reviewers sound quite similar to what you get from a coil (as well as the disadvantage of more weight).
Marzocchi Shiver SC, Maverick SC32, Manitou Dorado, Rockshox RS-1, Magura Boltron etc. These forks never seem to last that long in the real world. Why's that?
When RockShox launched the Judy DHO in the late 90's / early 00's, that cost £1250.
Looking back on it, it's insane - a triple clamp fork with 6" of elastomer travel. 😳
The shop I was working in at the time had a pair in, on display chained to the wall. Every customer that saw them said exactly the same: "how ****ing much?!"
We eventually sold them for about £300 a couple of years later.
I remember those. They were dead on arrival because Marzocchi has just released the Bomber which brought real, functional suspension to MTB's for the first time.
I was a kid at the time so they were all out of reach anyway.
How long is ‘not that long’? There’s 20+ year old Dorados still in regular use. A lot of older Intends too. Most of rest of your selection are getting on for 15+ years old, what are you expecting?
I meant they are never on sale that long, seem to be one offs. Whereas normal forks get an update every year or so and incrementally improved.
My Dorado SC still work. Perfectly. Sturdy chassis and axle, coil springs and TPC damper means heavy but pretty much invincible. Very little use now though, as they're small wheels only... and getting back on diddy wheels is always an eye opener (as I fly over the bars as I get caught by a wheelstopper I expect to roll over).
Apart from DH, SC forks don't sell (so don't stay in the range) because they are either heavy or have disconcerting flex. The correct approach is to say to hell with the weight, and build 'em sturdy. With the weight in a different place, and what flex there still is also being in a different place, all the "compromises" are different to a right side up fork... but people avoid forks with a high overall weight... or with odd flex behaviour (which SC all have to some degree... and can become a serious turn off if built light).
Dorados have been on sale longer than pretty much anything comparable, except maybe Boxxers
Boxxers are definitely older. The X Vert DH/Carbon came out after the Boxxer, then Dorado after that
How long is ‘not that long’? There’s 20+ year old Dorados still in regular use. A lot of older Intends too. Most of rest of your selection are getting on for 15+ years old, what are you expecting?
I think he meant they disappeared from the market, i.e. the fact that a lot of those forks are 15 years old and no longer sold is the proof that ultimately riders don't want USD forks.
I doubt anyone has managed to break a set of dual crown Shivers 😂
Obviously I've not ridden the Podium, but the benefits described by most of the reviewers sound quite similar to what you get from a coil (as well as the disadvantage of more weight).
I suppose the benefits should stack up as well though. If you replaced the air with a coil spring in a USD fork it's still removing an extra few sets of seals.
Yes. Sealing wasn't great. I've got a vintage one seized up in my shed. Would like to try a modern one.
I’m confused. If they are Ritchie Rude approved why wasn’t he racing them at last weekends enduro. I’m sure he has had plenty of time to get them set up properly before release.
Marzocchi Shiver SC, Maverick SC32, Manitou Dorado, Rockshox RS-1, Magura Boltron etc. These forks never seem to last that long in the real world. Why's that?
Edit. Already picked up
I saw this fork on YouTube the other day, and briefly thought "oooh nice" then thought "why, I had a Lefty in the mid 2000s this isn't on the face of it anything special.... apart from the price"