I weigh about 205lbs with my riding gear on. I wouldn't say a flexy fork is a good thing as the new boxxer chassis is a big improvement over the older version as far as steering accuracy goes but i think the 40 is a little bit too much. I think the boxxer has the balance right.
Why would you choose a Fox 40 over a Boxxer?
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I think the problem with rockshox is the introduction of new damper/rebound technology every now and then. from a manufacturing perspective, if you introduce a new tech, surely there will be end user feedback (may it be good or bad). i think rockshocks need to refine their tech via customer feedback not only with the pros, but also with the end users like us.
unlike the 40's which are running indentical tech over the years (except for the 2011), they have well refined their tech that's why i think 40s are superior than boxxers in less stiction and damping. just my 2 cents.
unlike the 40's which are running indentical tech over the years (except for the 2011), they have well refined their tech that's why i think 40s are superior than boxxers in less stiction and damping. just my 2 cents.
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I hate any company that changes paint or decals each year to boost yearly sales (some want up-to-date models).
Up until this year, my 07 Fox 40s passed as any model since. Now Fox has changed it's paint, I'm gonna have to get me a new '11 model
Up until this year, my 07 Fox 40s passed as any model since. Now Fox has changed it's paint, I'm gonna have to get me a new '11 model
If you rode the Boxxer once, how do you know its easy to service?
You can pull a fork apart without ever having ridden it...
Why would you choose either one of these? Hmm...
Assuming you get them both out of the box with no issues AND look past your front wheel they are both awsome forks. I have a 2010 Boxxer wc and love it but I keep seeing Fox at the races(East Coast) rebuilding forks/shocks(sometimes for nothing) and that is a huge perk to buying a 40.
I should have said twice, once with the factory build with hardly any oil in it and once after I rebuilt it. I figured I would leave the sh*tastic first ride, first impression out; as no oil, loads of stiction, and not using all of the travel wasn't really me riding a 2010 boxxer team, that experience was closer to getting scraped while getting head.
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I undress chicks and rebuild suspension with my MIND!!!!!
Pfft, that's for amateurs. Real men only undress women and rebuild suspension on the internet.
Bottom line.............. Chicks prefer guys with 40's over Boxxers.
As my racer-style friends say, "888's are so hucker..."
What do these 40s possess?
Layman's terms. I can appreciate that.
As for Fox versus Rock Shox, I'd go with the 40 since Rock Shox banned me years back. I twisted the lowers at Mt. Snow on a brand new '05 without wrecking it...the first day. They refused to say it was defective and warranty the lowers. Made me pay $150.
A month later, they announced a new chassis with revamped lowers. I sent a very polite letter saying they proved my lowers were defective and I'd like my money back for the lowers....hence I was banned
(Yes...I'm still very bitter.)