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We're not sure you could call the Fox Racing 38 Float Performance Elite Fork a sleeper choice, since everyone's raving about never returning to a smaller stanchion, but the blacked-out look may fool some. This fork has all the same internals as Fox's Factory Series, just without the Kashima coating. Same air spring, same GRIP2 damper, same weight and stiffness. It's an amazing piece of technology, and who knows, it may even match your bike better than the gold version!
1.5" Tapered Aluminum Steerer
Elliptical Inner Steerer
New Lower Leg Channels – As a fork compresses, the air volume within the lower legs decreases, increasing air pressure. The more the fork compresses, the more pressure increases. This effect can have the unintended consequence of preventing full travel from being achieved. Fox's lower leg channels help alleviate this issue by dramatically increasing air volume within the lower legs and thereby reducing the amount of additional unintended pressure ramping. Another benefit of these channels is that lower leg bath oil is circulated to the upper reaches of the lower legs, continuously lubricating the foam rings and bushings as the fork compresses and extends through its travel.
New Lower Leg Arch – Stiffness-to-weight is the ultimate metric for bicycle design. Engineers invest countless hours poring over every ounce of material in an effort to optimize this critical ratio. Our all-new lower leg design pulls out all the stops, shaving every possible gram while making sure not to compromise stiffness or strength requirements of modern enduro and gravity style riding.
38mm Stanchions
FLOAT EVOL Air Spring – EVOL technology increases negative air spring volume, optimizing small bump sensitivity. EVOL’s linear spring curve delivers plushness off the top, extra mid-stroke support, and more tunable bottom-out progression.
Floating Axle – Floating axles might look similar to other axles, but in fact they offer a distinct performance advantage due to their unique ability to match the exact width of the fork’s wheel mounting surface precisely to the front hub flange spacing, thus creating perfect chassis alignment and eliminating unwanted friction between the upper and lower fork legs. Floating axles provide much smoother suspension movement throughout the entire range of the fork’s travel, notably improving sensitivity and overall ride quality.
Rotor Size – 180 Direct Post Mount, Up to 230 Compatible
Optional Fox 36/38 Mud Guard with Sturdy 4-point Direct-mount Attachment
GRIP2 Damper – Fox's GRIP2 damper is the benchmark for unparalleled ride quality and ultra-precise on-the-fly adjustability. For 2021, they’ve taken GRIP2 to the next level by adding patented VVC technology to the high-speed compression circuit.
Low-Speed Compression – 16 Clicks
Low-Speed Rebound – 16 Clicks
High-Speed Compression – 8-Clicks (VVC)
High-Speed Rebound – 8-Clicks (VVC)
VVC (Variable Valve Control) – VVC is a proprietary variable valve control system that allows for external fine-tuning of suspension performance. GRIP2 achieves with the twist of a knob what typically requires the time consuming and complicated task of completely disassembling and reassembling the fork.
Pressure Bleeders – Lower leg bleeders allow for atmospheric pressure equalization at the simple press of a button. Pressure build-up in the lower legs dramatically decreases fork performance, preventing full travel from being achieved, and diminishing small bump sensitivity and responsiveness.
Size | 170mm, 15x110 QR, 44mm Rake |
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Fork Travel (mm) | 170 |