The second ride was at the Tanasi trail system in Tennessee. I screwed in the Fox 15mm QR TA and was ready to ride.įor my first ride out, I took the bike to our local trail, Blankets Creek, to get a feel for the fork where I knew every rock.
The Fox cable keeper is also a nice feature.
2009 FOX FLOAT RP23 INSTALL
The switch to post mount brake mounts on all 2009 fork models make for a much easier install process.
2009 FOX FLOAT RP23 PRO
The rear shock is a Push Industries tuned RP23 and the rest of the component group is a Hope, XTR and SRAM X.0 group on a Hope Pro II/Stans Flow rim wheelset built by John Kovachi at Kovachi Wheels.
overall weight, the Ibis is a perfect match for this fork. At 140mm of rear travel and a sub 30 lbs. After messing with the air pressure some, I ended up around 70-75 psi for my riding style. I installed the fork on the Ibis Mojo test mule and set everything to my liking. It the forks shipped setting, it worked perfectly, so I didn’t change a thing. If the 15QR lever cam tension is either too loose or too tight when the 15QR lever is positioned between one ( 1) and twenty ( 20) mm forward of the fork leg when it’s closed, use the following procedure to correct this misadjustment. According to the Fox instructions located on the provided cd (pain that there isn’t an included printed copy…I am not next to a computer while I am wrenching.): The dial with the numbers 1 through 18 written on it is your thru axle adjustment. When you have the fork locked out via the compression switch on the top of the leg, there is a threshold that the fork will “blow through” to suck up the obstacle. On the bottom of the damping leg, you will find the lock-out blow off adjustment knob. I didn’t notice a significant change in the LSC through smaller clicks, but going from one extreme to the other does create a change in pedal induced bob vs. Your lockout/compression lever is in easy reach and the low speed compression is easy to use. With it on the top, you can make necessary adjustments while riding. There are other forks on the market that have to relocate the adjustment to the bottom of the damping leg.
2009 FOX FLOAT RP23 PLUS
Having the rebound adjustment on the top of the fork leg is a huge plus for my riding. On the top of the drive side fork leg you will find the compression/lock out lever, rebound adjust and low speed compression dial. It can be difficult to remove the cap and some pumps may be harder than others to get on the air chamber valve. The redesigned Talas feature is easier to use, but that comes at the expense of the air chamber valve. To adjust the air pressure, unscrew the center cap and attach a shock pump. The “3 Step” Talas option seems to be the best of both worlds. Rock Shox has the 2 Step and U-Turn travel adjustments, but…in my opinion…the U-Turn is too many options and the 2 Step is not enough. It doesn’t get much easier than this for travel adjustment. Turn the knob clockwise and push down to decrease and a counter-clockwise click brings the fork back up automatically. For the 140 RLC, you can switch from 100/120/140mm with a turn of the non-drive side knob. This three step travel feature is perfect for trail riding. One of the better features of the Fox is the Talas travel adjust. The Controls on the Fox Talas Talas Travel Adjust/Air Pressure Adjust
The answer to this question will be sorted out over time, but for the purpose of this article…we need to see how the fork performs. Much of the debate and most of the articles have been written about this controversial subject which begs the question. Like a couple people said before you can call fox, if your shock feels good, sag is right and not bottoming and your going off the gauge dont worry about it.Earlier this year, Fox and Shimano shocked the industry with the introduction of the 15mm QR TA on the Fox Talas 140 RLC. Invest in a good shock pump suspension stuff is not cheap. On the rocco coil that shock is designed not to give you a pressure reading they want you to put air in in and thats it, no reading will appear on the gauge when you reconnect it. Is that right? no but it works and does not leak, run it! I know on my dhx every time you hook a pump up to it i loose about 5 to 10 psi thats why i fill mine about 10psi over, hook a gauge back up to it and its right at the pressure I want. Your shock should hold pressure for more than a few days considering no extreme changes in altitude, I.e riding san juan then heading to Mammoth. If you feel your shock pressure is low after a couple days it has a slow leak like my rp23 did. First off are you checking the pressure because your sag is to low and the shock feels soft or are you checking it for the hell of it.