I just picked up a 2022 Fox 36 Grip 2, still worth it with the new 2023 out there?
Recently I built up the 2023 Cannondale Habit LT and I borrowed the fork from my Stumpjumper Evo which was also a 2022 Fox 36 Grip 2 but it was set to 160mm travel. I could have reduced the travel which would be the cost of the 150mm air shaft which goes for about $75 and some Fox fluid but I found a good deal on this one. I found this one brand new on Ebay, not even installed and the fork hasn’t been cut. I ended up getting it for $525 plus tax and shipping so it came out to around $580. At this cost I figured I could sell my other fork with the Stumpjumper Evo frame and would recoup most of the cost of this new fork.
Is this fork still worth it with the new 2023 out there?
The only new changes to the fork were I believe in the crown, which is supposed to overlap the steertube more which should reduce some of the creaking you sometimes get from the fork. I haven’t had particually many issues with this with the recent forks so for me this wasn’t really a big deal. The new fork crown on the 2023 is supposed to save 20g which I think is negligible on a fork that weighs almost 2200g.
Fork travel doesn’t affect the weight
If you buy a Fox 36 fork, the lowers, the stanctions, the crown, and the steer tube are all the same. The only difference is the air shaft which has a negligible difference in weight between the different travel. So you don’t save weight by reducing the travel on the Fox 36 fork which is pretty consistent with most all forks I’ve seen.
So what does the Fox 2022 fork weigh?
- Fox 2022 Factory Grip 2, 44 Offset, 29", 150mm travel: 2076
- Fox Quick Release: 116g
- Total: 2196g
