FOX Racing Shox

32 TALAS 29 120-90 3Pos-Adj FIT4 Fork - 2016

The 2016 Fox Racing Shox 32 TALAS 29 120-90 3Pos-Adj FIT4 Fork lets you toggle between a slammed, low travel front-end on climbs and a slacker head tube with 120mm of travel for stability and cushion on technical terrain and dropping-in. Of particular note in the 2016 model is the updated Fit4 damping system, which replaces previous TALAS models' CTD damper.

Instead of the Climb, Trail, and Descend settings of CTD, the new 3-position Fit4 system operates with the more descriptive Firm, Medium, and Open settings. While this change may read like an exercise in semantics, it entails a radical realignment of the 34 TALAS's capabilities to make sure the fork rides high for quick, controlled recovery during everything from big, square hits to successive, small impacts.

The most welcome change is that Fit4 migrates the adjustable sub settings from CTD's median Trail mode to the new Open setting. Open encompasses the range once divided between Descend and Trail in order to take full advantage of the fork's tendency to ride high, combining better small-bump compliance with more confident tracking across successive impacts and rough terrain. The Medium setting is much firmer now, handling duties ranging from lightly rooted trails to climbing, and the Firm setting is now largely relegated to fast hardpack and fire road transitions.