Oversized Uppers & Overbuilt Crown – The biggest edge Podium has is its incredible fore-aft rigidity. The combination of oversized 47mm upper tubes and a massive generatively-designed crown create the foundation for the stiffest possible chassis—approaching that of a FOX 40— letting you power through the roughest and steepest trails with absolute confidence, even at Downhill race speed.

Increased Bushing Overlap – The inverted chassis configuration allows a massive 175mm of bushing overlap. That’s 32% more than the 38 and even 7% more than the 200mm-travel FOX 40 DH race fork. This overlap not only contributes to greater fore-aft rigidity, but also gives the lowest possible chassis friction, especially when powering through rough terrain at high speed.

GlideCore Air Spring – When a fork is dynamically loaded, bending force is transmitted to the air spring assembly inside the stanchion. A large enough force can cause the air spring to bind to the inside of the stanchion while the fork is compressing through its travel. The GlideCore air spring is built with lateral compliance allowing it to flex with these bending loads, rather than resisting them.

Full Oil Immersion – Traditional forks rely on the suspension cycling up and down to splash bath oil upward and lubricate the seals. Bath oil inside the inverted Podium fork is pulled down to the seals by gravity, constantly lubricating the internal seals. Another advantage is that the same gravity also means debris will tend to fall away from the seals, reducing chance of contamination.

Large Diameter Axle – By using a custom steel 20 x 110mm Boost DH axle (rather than a standard 15 x 110mm alloy axle typically found on single crown forks) Fox achieved the optimum torsional stiffness, verified with extensive blind testing.

Custom Tuned GRIP X2 Damper – Podium’s damping performance is powered by the award-winning GRIP X2 damper, tuned specifically for more compression support. Given the incredible rigidity and smoothness of Podium, Fox added more compression damping to account for the reduced chassis friction, and also toned down the rebound damping slightly to account for the lower unsprung weight of the system.