FOX's Trick Steel Spring
We've posted somewhere between three and four hundred photos of FOX's prototype DH shock over the last year that it's been in development, but there's something new to talk about here: the very orange coil spring that's on it. The spring, which appears to be from FOX rather than another company, is said to be steel rather than titanium. You're might be asking yourself why the top World Cup racers are using steel springs... Rumor has it that the steel springs that FOX has sourced are actually lighter than a titanium version of the same length and rate, which would be mighty impressive. The real interesting thing to note here has nothing to do with World Cup racers, but rather the average consumer who purchases his or her own parts: even a high-end steel coil spring is going to cost less than a relatively inexpensive titanium version, and it will also likely be available in more rate options.