nope, can't use active junky rebate at SAC. Paid $440 for mine.
PSA - 2015 36 Floats for $499 USD
- Thread starter djjohnr
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^^^^^^^^^oooooooooh burn!!!!!!!!!
i like how the 32 float is (considerably) more than the 36.
The 2014 40 Float that I rode on a rental 951 sucked balls too. Actually, everything about that bike sucked, except the Bontrager tires. Those were cool.
40 Float: terrible small bump sensitivity, way too progressive.
951: VPP, unrideable. Hilariously terrible leverage curve. Creakier than your mom's bed.
Bontrager G5 tires: great
Wtf. There was a softball sized hole on the top of the box and the fork was flopping in and out of the box. No brake guide. Not a single piece of packing material to be found. I got a goat sticker though so i got that going for me.
my comment was more to the effect that products from Bontrager (OEM) are better than fox and intense. crazy times we live in.40 Float: terrible small bump sensitivity, way too progressive.
951: VPP, unrideable. Hilariously terrible leverage curve. Creakier than your mom's bed.
Bontrager G5 tires: great
Exactly the same here. They've gone downhill, they used to be one of the best online bike retailers in the US in my opinion.
Ha!
Not sure if they didn't include mine or if it fell out of a hole in the box. Called them up today, let them know about their packaging issue and the missing guide. They comped me $20 to cover the cost of buying one.
Fork has been ordered, along with a new axle and a new crown race from Jenson.
All being shipped for free to my buddy in Detroit, where it will all probably get stolen from his house. If its not stolen, he'll ship it up to me. I'm hoping shipping and the duties at the border aren't too much.
But still, I will be getting this thing for under $1000 vs $1400 + 13% tax for a new 2016.
STOKED. Not stoked about the green stickers though.
All being shipped for free to my buddy in Detroit, where it will all probably get stolen from his house. If its not stolen, he'll ship it up to me. I'm hoping shipping and the duties at the border aren't too much.
But still, I will be getting this thing for under $1000 vs $1400 + 13% tax for a new 2016.
STOKED. Not stoked about the green stickers though.
Jenson's shipping to Canada kicks ass. Free over $150, and you won't get nailed with brokerage/duty, etc... My last order from Chainreaction got nailed an most of my savings on the order got eaten up in duty, etc...
Looks like they're promising Nov 6th delivery for orders placed today...
Easier than Detroit shenanigans, non?
Jenson doesn't have 36s for $500 though.
I'm assuming these are an OEM over-run, hence the shitty packaging, and weird color stickers. They probably just got a box of hose guides, to be thrown in the generic box the fork ships in. Backcountry probably paid something silly like $200/fork if they bought a shipping container full.
Yup. Still doesn't excuse the shitty pack job though.
YET!
While not impossible Jenson doesn't sell Santa Cruz, so it's not highly likely. I'm pretty sure these were meant to go on Bronsons.
Yeah, the color options suggest as much.
Well FML, these are god damned VPP forks?! No wonder they're only $500. I rode mine yesterday and the mid-stroke wallow was outrageous. Screwed by joeg once again.
Don't say that! haha
It just sucks that our dollar is in the tank now.
Also Jenson and 99.9% of other USA places won't ship Fox stuff to Canada. I've tried many times over the years
im doing it just like this video shows. tighten the axle into the riders left/fork leg. Tighten riders left. Then move fork through its travel. then tighten riders right fork leg. But theres still a very slight little play in between the hub and the fork legs because the axle doesnt pull the legs togher. Its free float alright..
http://www.ridefox.com/help.php?m=bike&id=574
http://www.ridefox.com/help.php?m=bike&id=574
moar shimz
Hmm...I have 2 of them and neither have any sort of floating issue. I don't do the "cycle your fork" thing either.
- Put wheel in dropout
- Install and tighten axle
- Tighten axle clamp bolts
- Ride
- Put wheel in dropout
- Install and tighten axle
- Tighten axle clamp bolts
- Ride
Sounds like he caught ... teh "boost"
A dread disease to be sure
Fwiw, my experience has been the same as dj's in terms "axle floatation".
Not very pro tip: the hose clamp from a pike threads into the 36.
I'm running one of each, haven't noticed a problem with either but I'll double check tonight. I'm also running cheap front hubs - a DMR on one and a Nukeproof on the other. Nothing fancy to preload.
Just checked both of mine, no play what-so-ever.
You've just discovered one of the coolest features on Fox forks, it dates back to 2005. The hub is clamped against only one side of the fork while the axle can float axially in the non-threaded leg (during the preload phase) so that the hub is preloaded but the legs are not clamped together. This means leg parallelism is maintained and isn't affected by hub width tolerances when you tighten the axle. Once preloaded you clamp the pinchbolts and the axle can no longer float, so stiffness is completely unaffected. If there's play, it's from your hub as you've discovered.
On any fork without this feature, unless you have a hub width that matches perfectly with the width between the dropouts (once clamped), you end up with lower legs that are not parallel and the resultant small increase in stiction and wear. Not a huge deal but a cool feature to have.
Enjoy.
