Spotted: RAD Prototype Fox Inverted Suspension Fork

As if the news of the new Fox 34 SL, 36, and 36 SL wasn’t enough, it appears that Fox has something even bigger in the works. We’ve heard rumors about an inverted fork from the legendary suspension brand, and those rumors seem to be confirmed at Sea Otter.

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We spotted the new fork on Neko Mulally’s Frameworks DH bike as he was in the 5DEV tent getting ready for practice. The Sea Otter DH course is known to be fast and without crazy technical sections, so many riders opt to use something short of a full DH build. In this case, Neko’s bike looks like a mini-DH bike with that RAD inverted prototype suspension fork.

We’ve seen this in the past with noteworthy Fox launches where they allow their racers to be photographed with RAD components. This seems to be no different, though everyone has been tight-lipped about any of the details.

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BTW, as a quick refresher, R.A.D. is the name of Fox’s research & development racing prototype division, or Racing Application Development.

So, what can we see?

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Just going off what we could observe, the inverted fork looked pretty burly. Bigger than a 36, but not quite the girth of the Fox 40 DH fork. Although, the top of the outer legs look like they could be tapered. It seems like it would make sense for this to be a 38mm chassis, but we don’t know that for sure.

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On the damper side, there is a Low Speed/High Speed compression adjuster that is labeled as a GripX2 on the top of the right leg. There’s also what appears to be the rebound adjuster cover on the bottom of the right leg. The left fork leg has an air cap at the top, and what looks like it could be a bleeder valve off to the side. We didn’t get under the fork to see what the bottom of the left leg looked like, as Neko was in a hurry to get to practice.

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The lack of an arch quickly gives things away if the lower stanchion guards didn’t already clue you in.

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Neko’s bike was set up with a Fox Float X2 rear shock, driven by a rocker link machined by 5DEV.

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Of course, a 5DEV crankset is also used, with a TRP EVO drivetrain, TRP brakes, Spank cockpit, ENVE wheels with I9 hubs, and Continental tires.

So, how close is Fox to launching an inverted fork? Let the comments begin!

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