Spring for the Fox Podium RC 3

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Spring for the Fox Podium RC 3

Postby Survivor » Sun Oct 28, 2018 11:02 am

I have bought a Fox Podium RC 3 a while ago for my 2016 X Trainer. I was told that the 5.2 was the correct spring for my riding weight which is 150 w/o gear and 185 ready to ride (back pack + tool). My front wheel was deflecting a lot lately so I checked the sag which was 105 mm loaded sag and 28 mm static sag! The X Trainer should be 90mm. So I made two full turn on the spring and it brought it down to 93 mm which is acceptable but the static sag is 6 mm! So if I am right, it tells me that I need to go from a 5.2 spring rate for my Fox Podium RC 3 to a 5.4 spring rate? Am I right or if I could do something else? Where can I get a spring for my Fox RC 3 rear schock? Thanks for your help!
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Re: Spring for the Fox Podium RC 3

Postby Rv4Bob » Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:06 am

I have this spring on mine http://www.offroad-engineering.com/10001880325.html, not a fox but eibach.
They seem to work fine, plus they are $55. Do some reading on the site to understand the weights.
I'm 200 lbs no gear.
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Re: Spring for the Fox Podium RC 3

Postby Spayette » Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:13 pm

Survivor wrote:I have bought a Fox Podium RC 3 a while ago for my 2016 X Trainer. I was told that the 5.2 was the correct spring for my riding weight which is 150 w/o gear and 185 ready to ride (back pack + tool). My front wheel was deflecting a lot lately so I checked the sag which was 105 mm loaded sag and 28 mm static sag! The X Trainer should be 90mm. So I made two full turn on the spring and it brought it down to 93 mm which is acceptable but the static sag is 6 mm! So if I am right, it tells me that I need to go from a 5.2 spring rate for my Fox Podium RC 3 to a 5.4 spring rate? Am I right or if I could do something else? Where can I get a spring for my Fox RC 3 rear schock? Thanks for your help!



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Can you tell me what mods you had to make to get the podium Rc3 to fit your 2016 Xtrainer.
Do you think an Rc3 for a Beta rr 2010-13 would fit ?
Thx
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