Fox Talas 32 Fit Manual
When it comes to suspension, few companies bring as much expertise to the table as. Their R&D crosses into more activities than any other mountain bike suspension manufacturer on the market today. Motocross, baja racing, street bikes, race cars check, check, check and check. Yes, tons of experience, but all I care about is how their designs perform in my racetrack–Utah singletrack trails. I’ve had the privilege of flogging the new 2010 Fox 32 TALAS RLC fork for a couple of months now on my –and what a perfect combination. With a slew of changes for 2010, is Fox’s world-domination solidified with this new offering, or is there room for Rockshox, Marzocchi, Manitou or others to slip in to give them run for their money?
About the 2010 Fox 32 TALAS 150 RLC As the top-of-the-line 32mm fork offering, the TALAS leaves nothing on the table. Adjustable travel (150/130/110), air pre-load, rebound, lockout and lockout threshold all wrapped in the all-new and much-anticipated FIT dampening system anything else? Oh yeah, pick your steerer (1-1/8 or Taper) and your axle (9mm QR or 15QR) and you’ve got the makings of your very own “choose your own adventure” book. Jason, Nice review. I’m loving mine! The TALAS height ajustment is awesome, I use it while I’m riding.
It’s that simple. There’s almost too many ajustments for me. I like the factory settings on all the ajustments. I only moved the rebound and low speed compression a couple clicks and now the fork is more compliant for my riding style. I need to play with them more. I want to get really use to how they’re set up right now so when i do make changes, i can easily discern the differences.
I don’t have a problem with the rebound placement since i haven’t played with it much. Where do you have your rebound and low speed compression set?
How many clicks away from negative or positive is what I mean. I know weight, riding terrain and style play a big factor in your preference, but just so i can see where abouts you like your ajustments. The guys at The Bike Co. Warned me about near full or fully locking out the lockout threshhold because it will blow out the fork, so beware of that. The fork can feel slighty sticky before it’s warmed up, but it’s totally plush after a couple of compressions. After all, it is an air spring.
I love how it use’s all of it’s travel! I don’t feel cheated.
Well, enjoy your mojo and the TALAS. I’m certainly enjoying mine. Actually, i’m totally in love with mine. Obsessed might even be a more fitting word. She’s my dream bike. Cheers, majorbonr. Hi Jason, thanks for the review.
BTW, your website is great, I bought Iron Horse MKIII for my girlfriend after reading your review and I dont regret it, great bike, thanks. Back to topic. I have a question re air spring curve on 2010 Talas. I have 2009 Float 140 mm on my Blur LT2 and I find difficult (impossible) to use full travel. Although I go with SAG almost 30% I still dont use approximately 15-20 mm of travel even when doing small drops – and I don’t do big drops 🙂 I found a lot of posts all over the Internet about same issue for lighter riders (I am 160 lbs).
So my question is: Are you able to use full travel? Fox claims that they have made air spring more linear for 2010. I found that Push offers rebuild of Fox forks with high volume chamber to be able to use full travel but they ask $260 which I consider quite expensive. If I manage to sell my current fork I guess it won’t take more than $250 in addition to buy 2010 Fox Float, i.e. Same money as for Push but I can also enjoy additional stiffness with 15QR and 150 mm of travel (which I feel would be slightly better for Blur LT2). Thanks for reply and have a great ride on Mojo, awesome bike!
Jiri, My friend has a Fox float 120 RL that came stock on his 08’Stumpjumper, and it also does not get full travel. I’ve also read about a lot of other riders complaining about this issue. My 2010 TALAS uses all of it’s travel and is very plush. I highly recommend the 2010 Fox TALAS, but I don’t have any experience with the float. As long as you buy the 2010 float with the FIT damper, I would assume it has the same plushness and use of full travel as the 2010 TALAS which only comes with the FIT DAMPER. Cheers, majorbonr. Jason, i just started to fiddle with my TALAS and am not able to get a consistent sag measurement.
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The Fox manual says for for 145-155lbs. To use 60 psi. I put 60 psi from the day i bought the mojo and haven’t touched it since. I did notice the sag wasn’t close to the 38mm sag that Fox recommended for all mountain plushness, but didn’t have a shock pump to adjust it until today. I was going from 20 psi to 55 psi, back and forth. I would get a near approximate measurement the first time for each adjustment, then i would get a way off measurement the second time i sat on the bike?!
An hour later, i still wasn’t able to get a consistent sag measurement. It’s seems like the top of the compression curve is very sticky. Maybe my TALAS needs to be broken in before it’s smooth at the top of the compression, but the rest of the the travel is very smooth and buttery. Have you experienced this at all? Keep up the good work!
Cheers, majorbonr.
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