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Old 07-20-25 | 10:57 PM
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I will say shop suspension first and the drivetrain is not as important. My thresholds for "good" is that the fork lowers and stanchions are all made from aluminum, and oil is squeezed past shims instead of thru holes. This does cover pretty much all of Fox. This also covers anything from smaller brands like Cane Creek or MRP. For Rock Shox this puts you in the Charger damper regime and not anything named Gold or Silver or Motion Control. Suntour does have forks like this but you hardly ever see them. If it's full suspension then anything with a good enough fork will also have a good enough, probably matching shock, and a good drivetrain and brakes.

That out of the way, I don't think anyone really loves SX. It works ok. The weight of it is something else, with the heaviest cassette there ever was, and the huge steel crank spindle. I personally really dislike SRAM shifter ergonomics but you can sub in a Rapid Fire. But all that weight enables "real" mountain bike durability and features at a very low price
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