Our first ride impressions of Fox’s brand new Podium Factory upside-down fork – the first of its kind for a long time from a mainstream manufacturer – reveal its performance as truly lust-worthy. Our expert tester Alex took to his local trails in Scotland’s Tweed Valley and the Enduro World Cup race tracks in Leogang, Austria to test the fork to its limits.
His testing revealed that it’s plush, smooth and composed on the wildest bumps, roughest chatter and biggest hits. But that performance comes at a cost; retailing for £2,199 / $1,999.99 / €2,399 / CAD$2,679 / AU$3,349 and weighing 2,730g (29in, 170mm travel 225mm steerer tube) it’s not going to be for every rider out there. Alex also runs through the fork’s tech details, including why Fox went for this innovative platform, despite other manufactures not managing to make the format as successful as a traditional design.
