Fox Racing Shox
Fox Racing Shox is an American company headquartered in Watsonville , California , which specializes in the production of damping systems, suspensions and suspension forks , primarily for mountain bikes , motorcycles , quads and snowmobiles . Both steel spring and air cushioned elements are offered.
history
In 1974 Bob Fox drew the first prototypes of air dampers for motocross use . In 1977 the company under the name was Fox Factory, Inc. established. After numerous victories and successes, Fox also focused on auto and snowmobile sports. Since 2001 the company has been manufacturing suspension forks for bicycles under the name Fox Forks . In November 2015, Fox took over the Italian spring element manufacturer Marzocchi .
Products
bicycle
Fox Racing Shox is known in the bicycle and mountain bike scene as a manufacturer of expensive, high-quality damping systems. So the company has in addition to downhill -Federgabeln like the 40 he series (up to 2500 euros) and cross country forks like the 32 he series (up to 1,100 euros) as Freeride - and all-mountain forks and the 34 he - and 36 series in the range. For Fullys Fox air-pressure shock absorbers provides as Fox Float x2 and dps float and spring damper as DHX2 and VAN R on.
With these suspension elements, Fox is the outfitter of numerous international mountain bike teams such as Intense Factory Racing , Atherton Racing , THÖMUS - RN RACING TEAM , MS Mondraker and Commencal / 100% Team and mountain bike riders such as Darren Berrecloth, Marcus Klausmann and Ben Reid.
Quad
Float and Float X Evol are the names of the front dampers and Podium X is the name of the rear damper from Fox for quads .
motorcycle
Fox Racing Shox has developed dampers such as Float MXR and Podium X for motocross use.
Others
Fox Racing Shox is also a manufacturer of damping systems for snowmobiles and other off-road vehicles.