So if you actually got it, why not post an actual pic of it?[/QUOTE]Got the 40 Air today looks pretty good I need to double check the weight on a few scales!
It came in at 6.1LBS on the scale so not quite as light as some were claiming. That better?What an informative thread. Maybe I should start one when I get a new derailleur housing.
all those watermarks and huge copyright must be adding to the weight.It came in at 6.1LBS on the scale so not quite as light as some were claiming. That better?
Yeah I will put it on the park scale tomorrow. If someone wants to use my file they can contact me the $9K Profoto Box and $6K in heads were not free. Though I wish they were I would still charge its how I make my living.... I will get non studio images that are not watermarked on the bike.How bout a picture of it on the scale?
I think the MSRP is $1799 maybe $1700....If you're going to go through the trouble of watermarking your image, shouldn't they be on the layer above the fork?
How much more is this than the previous 40?
How so? I believe the first batch has already shipped...keep in mind this is pre production version so it may change.
No it's 6lbs,02ozcoil marzo is 6.12 according to winterberg/dirtmasters-measurements
I got the 2 week email 3 weeks ago. The shop my company owns is expecting their 6 in the last week of JUNE....How so? I believe the first batch has already shipped...
Light riders will likely need a different negative spring.Just got back from the first Canada Cup race of the season at Tremblant and three racers in the Masters
category were racing on the new 40 this weekend, kind of funny that the top elite riders still were not on them though. I guess those old racers had some pull over at Fox.
Feedback was positive and they all commented on how sensitive it was to air preesure settings also the actual range "difference" from minimum to max settings was only around 50 PSI. Some comments were that it might not be well suited for very light weight riders since at the minimum air spring pressures it would be difficult to acheive the desired sag.
No am waiting on the a MD sized frame to mount the Dorado on so it may be a bit after all before it actually gets mounted up...thought I had enough for another frame but it will be a bit longer.Any ride time on the new fork?
Interested to hear feed back on setup and feel.
Does the fork have independant high speed and low speed rebound settings? I thought that was just the shock??great write:
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/First-Ride-Air-Sprung-Fox-40-Float-RC2-Fork--The-Truth-is-Reveal.html
"The most common damping setup error in DH is that riders use excessive low-speed rebound damping to keep the bike from bouncing their landings. Mark Fitzsimmons says to back the rebound dial off to smooth normal chatter and terrain, and then to increase high-speed compression damping to correct the bounce.
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Correct it has HS/LS Compression on the Right fork leg up top, AIR pressure on Left top and Rebound down below.Fox always has only had external low speed rebound damping on the forks and the shocks.
I love slow rebound. Not that I'm fast or anything but it smooths out everything real nice. If it's true that the pros run high springrates in their forks it's understandeable that they have to compensate wiht more rebound.Fox always has only had external low speed rebound damping on the forks and the shocks.
Interesting quote. According an article from a few years back on pinkbike, the pros run pretty slow rebound settings on their shocks (between 5 and 7 clicks from full closed). The forks were all around 12 clicks from fully closed. Not sure about custom valved rebound stacks, though
The rebound clickers is a lsr adjuster it just moves a needle which allows oil to bypass the rebound shim stack which in the fit 40s case is two 12mm x (0.01" I think its 0.01" anyway).Does the fork have independant high speed and low speed rebound settings? I thought that was just the shock??
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/To-The-Point-Rebound-Damping-2013.htmlSo remember, we design a very wide rebound range to deal with the large weight
differences between our customers. No single person should think that they can
use the entire range. The useful range for a given person is only about 3 clicks.
This.In my understanding this explains it perfectly. If I get a few fork I go from open to slow over the same trail till I find the sweet spot. From there I only can use about 3-4 clicks before it feels worse.