Foes FXR 2:1
Foes FXR 2:1 Price: £1,849 frame only From: Balfa.co.uk The Bike The 6in travel ‘aggressive trail’ FXR has been part of the Foes line-up for the past few years. This latest incarnation introduces their 2:1 Curnutt shock ratio into the mix (where an inch of shock shaft travel equals two inches of rear wheel travel). [...]
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Posted on: February 16, 2009
I have one of these in red, there are bits of these reviews I agree with and other bits I don’t. The hydro forming is a thing of beauty and like Intense it helps make the frame really stiff to lateral flexing. I haven’t aimed to make this a superlight 6″ travel bike I’ve gone for good kit. Wheels are 819 tubeless on king hubs and Fox vanilla RC forks. I’m also using a KS900i dropper seat post which isn’t that light but it comes in use. That said the bike weighs 33lbs with Burgtech pedals. This weight isn’t a reflection on how this bike rides, it climbs like a billy goat and it superfast on the downs. It does work well on Trail Centers and can cope with the British winters with loads of tyre clearance.I would say one thing about the XTD shock, Foes say it takes 10 hours of riding to bed in….. add another 10 hours on top of that and you’ll have the most amazing piece of platform damping, and if you can afford it ditch the steel spring and get the Ti one if feels better and saves a whole 1lb in weight. this is one of the best trail bikes I have owned so far. One final thing which is good news is the shocks are now serviced in the UK by Balfa UK.
I’ve just bought a secondhand 2007 FXR and am wondering if anyone has any tips on setup? I have the 350lb shock which should be right for my weight of about 210lbs.
However, although I get approx the 3/4 ” of sag when I sit on the bike but when riding it feels harsh and I’ve found I only use about 55% of the total travel. I have the air chamber set to about 60PSI. Can anyone give me any help at all?!
RopeyReignRider, I’m 14St and I’m only running a 300lb Ti spring, the same steel spring wasn’t as supple as the Ti and I found that it did feel harsh when bedding in. If the frame has been used quite a bit it may well be worth getting the shock serviced by Jamie at Balfa UK they are very helpful, the number is above. One thing I would say is the shock feels different to you standard DHX etc but when you get a lick of speed on it is the best shock out there IMO.
Hi Captain Pugwash
Thanks for info – the strange thing is that the shock was supposed to have been serviced about 2 months ago.
I rode down Jacob’s ladder in the Peaks on Saturday and I still only managed to get 4” total travel out of it. It feels like there’s some overly-strong compression damping stuck on, or something!?
I appreciate they’re supposed to feel totally different to a normal shock but due to the lack of travel the FXR was significantly slower downhill than my old Reign