What's going on there? Has the whole stantion slipped down or something? 😕
Looks to have sheared in line with bottom of crown, google will give you a images of pretty much every type of fork having broken in some shape or form.
On another related note, that's a good reason for not knocking out individual stantions out of yokes and replacing them with others.
Actually had another supposed 'suspension specialist' contact us last week trying to buy our scrap crown steerers to use 😯
Told them it was very dodgy & we wouldn't be selling them anything.
(don't know who they were either before you ask)
Looks like he only rides park...
He'll be fine, he's got a spare
I've had dozens of Fox forks including 32,36 and 40 on bikes that came with them or on special deals through retailers I worked for.
Can't say I'd be buying any more now that I am paying regular prices for them
The thing that has killed my interest in the single crown 32 and 36 forks was the creaking CSU which happened to every pair after 6-12 months. Within the 12 month warranty Mojo were very good at taking care of the issue, no complaints about their professional service for Fox in the UK.
However, once out of warranty it gets stupidly expensive to have the CSU replaced.
On my last pair of 32's - just a 100mm pair used on my 29'er for mild XC riding, it was more expensive to have the CSU replaced at my cost than buy a new fork off CRC; bear in mind Mojo had already replaced the CSU on the same fork for the same issue, under warranty 13 months before. I was a month past warranty on the repair...
I ended up with a Manitou fork, which has been surprising as its actually got more controlled damping than my Fox 32, and is structurally much stiffer.
No creaking yet, but not surprised, as its a little heavier than the Fox, with a much "beefier" crown where the stanchions are pressed into place.
This confirms the conversation I had with an honest technician at Mojo who explained the CSU on Fox is very light as people want a light weight fork. He said the assembly grease used when the stanchions are pressed into the crown tends to leach out over time, especially during bike cleaning that all UK riders are too familiar with!
He said its not a structural issue, but who wants to ride a nice mountain bike that creaks / clicks every time you pedal hard, brake or turn into a corner..
Where were you riding these to get every pair to creak?! 😯
My 2009 Fox F120 RL's are just buttery still.
Keep em clean. Keep em lubed (juice lubes fork juice). Shove fresh oil in them a couple of times a year, new seals every so often.
So far, so good.
Sold them now anyway. Got £210 for them so not to bad.
Ordered a set of revelations from Alltricks now in nice stealthy black.
Rev's- they'll be very flexy on the Giant Renton
its not the terrain as such (not the fork's structure reacting to terrain) but riding often in wet mud, meaning the bike is being cleaned after every ride.
The tech at Mojo said this is something that Fox had been surprised about; the amount of warranty claims on creaking CSU in the UK market compared to other international markets.
Their explanation was that we ride all year round (compared to perhaps, riders in North American or European countries that could be snow bound for 3-4 months of each season), and we ride all year round in muddy, wet condition which means lots of cleaning with products like Muc-Off which cause the assembly grease to leach out of the stancion/crown interface over time.
Probably a good idea only to oil/cycle your forks and clean cassettte/chain only after each ride.
The tech at Mojo said this is something that Fox had been surprised about; the amount of warranty claims on creaking CSU in the UK market compared to other international markets.
I'm sure there was a thing in Privateer where the Fox 'destruction tester' was saying UK riders are very hard on equipment.
Why this should be a shock when we live in a country with a mild, damp climate, where the choice is often riding in adverse (but not lethally adverse) weather with consequent mud, or not riding at all... Mind you, I can't believe eg. SW Canada is any different.
Not really hora.
I had 150mm revs on the five spot and didn't feel them flexing at all.
Good friend of mine working for shimano (not the UK dist. Madison) said they were surprised by the volume of disc brake pads and disc brakes sold into the UK market.
Something about the enthusiasm for riding all year round in all weathers 😉