fox bought the 34 our because Scott didn’t want a 36 on their mid travel trail bikes because, aesthetically, it looked too heavy – the 36 could, and can be made to a similar weight to the 34. Scott are a massive OEM customer, so Fox provided. from what i’ve been told by those in the know anyway.
fox’s damping suffered from a lack of mid travel support – too linear and blew through their travel too easily (esp in the CTD format), 2015 are better in this regard, but the performance damper especially never felt that good really, imo. still, they’re decent forks for sure, it’s just that the equivalent RS forks feel better.
the spectral is a cracking bike anyway, esp with the new longer geo – a mate is purchasing the same model as that too.