How To Set Up A Fox Suspension Mountain Bike Fork | MTB Suspension Set Up

The abundance of technical terms can seem overwhelming when it comes to setting up MTB suspension. Luckily, Doddy has had a lot of practice! So here's his guide on setting up you fox fork that will help you establish a good base setting and get you out riding ASAP!

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If you have any other little set up tips share them in the comments below!

[_tuxedocat]

Thank you for the upload.
I'm just having a bad day. I hope everyone is having a better day.
We need more Doddys in the world.

[heisenberg]

Man I love this channel. You have helped me so much. Thank You!

[sambergstedt]

Another great tutorial from Doddy. I also run minimal compression and add volume spacers as necessary. This makes it feel more connected to the ground and then still able to take a heavy impact when needed. Although I already understood this process, I still watched all of it just to make sure I hadn't forgotten anything. Keep the great tutorials coming!

[chiccorocker]

Suspension setup is a dark art. Knowing what each dial does is very important, but it's only half of the problem. Having them working together in harmony is way more complicated for me

[jakobjarle]

After not really been mtbiking much for almost 20 years, having been on the dark roadie side of cycling, I finally get my new Mountain Bike with a Fox fork to setup next week! I even got some baggy cloths, Flat pedals and knee pads to look the part (don’t want to be the Lycra guy😂). Thanks for the setup tips! Can’t wait!

[charlton]

Listening to this educate me but also makes me glad I work in construction and we know ways around everything so I’m sure if I ever ran into a situation where something got rounded we could easily incompetently remove that lower part about causing any further damage

[FreediveRN]

Thank you so much, had such trouble with arm pump because i had waaay to much rebound on all the time. My dealer didn‘t explain it to me and had it look up by myself.

[neilmartinez]

At 6:15, you turned the fork compression counter clockwise but turned the red rebound knob below clockwise. Aren’t you supposed to turn both compression and rebound knobs counter clockwise? Thanks.

[josephmerwin]

Great Video and thank you. Marzocchi brand is also part of the fox fork line I think.

[bugboy]

#GMBNTech Followed your advice in an old video and purchased the Epic Bleed Solutions wrench. They work FANTASTIC and far less expensive than the specific sockets. Thanks again Doddy!

[dabestktf]

Awesome review. Everything got covered - all pieces of info that I`ve been collecting here and there over youtube - is gathered here.
Thanks a lot and "Hi" from Ukraine ).

[rob]

Great general setup video and thank you for also mentioning the GRIP and FIT versions - many tuning videos only seem to focus on the highest end model. One thing, however, you did not mention equalizing the negative air spring when changing out the volume spacers or if you should happen to let all of the air out of the fork.

[MrJollof]

Thank u so much, I have scott scale 940 with fox float 29's 100mm travel, and this helped

[mattkavanaugh]

As always, another excellent video from Doddy, king of the MTB tech! :)

[mtbwithshane]

Thanks for this! Ive been riding that nukeproof you have in the video for a few weeks now and love the fox factory suspension after finally dialing it in! Cheers from the USA.

[noelius]

Love that brown fox! At last a fork that's not black, red, grey or orange. The blue helm, is also great.

[rickok]

Excellent info. I wasn't aware of the duel dials.

[jakejoevenazzo]

Great video, really helped! You guys should make a video like this but with a fox DHX2 as I know it’s a quite confusing process.

[deancowley]

Oarsome mate! You saved me a headache. 10thousand thanks you coming your way bro!