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    Why does this 36 with basic grip bottom so bad? Would grip 2 be better


    I’ve got a fox 36 with the basic Grip damper on my bike. It bottoms harshly on landing drops and jumps and sometimes even when I I am coming into the face of the jump. You can hear it on the big drop in the video. It’s painful.

    Now I know that’s a big drop, but last year I had a 36 with Grip 2 damper and I’ve also ran 36 rhythm 140 on these trails and I’ve never experienced nearly this much bottom out.

    This fork just feels like crap compared to comparable forks on the same trail. Is it all in my head? Would a grip 2 help it?

    Fork is a performance 36, 160mm travel with 3 spacers. I’m 160lbs.

    Why does this 36 with basic grip bottom so bad? Would grip 2 be better
    byu/CoreDirt inMTB



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    1. contrary-contrarian on

      How many volume spacers do you have in? You may need to add a spacer to prevent the bottom out and make your fork ramp a bit more

    3. BeetCake on

      add additional spacer(s) if possible, put more pressure in, increase compression.

    7. venomenon824 on

      This isn’t small line – dirt merchant pro line right? It does land smooth for the size though, I run pretty low pressure in my 40 and that’s not a spot it ever bottoms. Add some bottom out tokens to the fork crank up the compression lever a bit.

    8. ecobb91 on

      It sounds like you need to increase your PSI or add a bit of compression. If those don’t work you can add another token and try again.

    9. CoreDirt on

      Can’t figure out how to edit, but it’s at 95psi with 3 tokens in it. My body weight is 160lbs.

    13. almostZoidberg on

      If your compression is all the way open you won’t be using your travel efficiently. Try turning the knob clockwise a bit

    14. fuckers_reddit on

      custom tune, but remind this, there is no universal tune. you need to decide a more dh oriented or enduro setup

    16. Beneficial-Oven1258 on

      GRIP2A won’t help with this issue. It is much more tunable, but for big hits you either need more pressure, more ramp (ie spacers), or just more compression damping. The extra tunability won’t help for this.

    18. JimmyD44265 on

      Fox production and assembly is notorious for greasing the life out of the negative chamber assembly and fucking up the balance.

      95 PSI with 3 tokens should be more than enough IMO.

      Someone else mentioned adding a Runt to the fork; will provide a lot more mid stroke support as well as preventing a harsh bottom out.

      When I added my runt I noticed an increase in usable tuning with HSC/LSC as well as HSR/LSR.

    19. _josephmykal_ on

      I would get it serviced and check the seals. I got a 36 elite with a grip. Weigh 225 Run 1 spacer and psi is 105 and I never bottom out consistently.

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