Retro Bike Check: Foes LTS 16

I felt like there were a few fewer retro bikes rolling around this year’s Sea Otter Classic, but this one caught my eye so I stopped its owner for a q …

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That was cooler than a penguins pocket back in the day.

Still is IMHO, love a Foes.

My (formerly nickc’s) Foes FXC with a random bloke’s FXR at the Slickrock carpark in Moab. Happy days.

I remember seeing one at the Malverns one year thinking to myself, a FS with 6″ rear travel? madness!

admittedly at the time, most forks were barely touching 80mm (more like 63mm) so having that much at the back seemed bonkers.

I had an FXC same as NickC’s above. It cracked 3 times and I couldn’t be bothered sending it away for months to the U.S.A. for a second time so threw it in the recycling skip.

I always wanted a Foes with the massive Curnutt air shock.

That FXC was a **** cool bike

That Foes really needs an F1 fork on it.

I really wanted a Foes DH bike (in red) with the huge Curnutt 2:1 shock and Curnutt triple crown forks with the huge 30mm front axle/hub. Probably a bit overkill for Devon though.