What Our Gearhead(R) Experts Are Saying:"I have been running the 40 Float Factory GRIP X2 at the bike park all season and the updated damper makes an already great fork even better. The extra valve count gives me a noticeably wider tuning range, and I can run lower pressures than before without losing support on the big hits. For bike park laps and shuttle days where you want the fork dialed from run one, this is the one to have."The lip comes up fast and the landing is a long way down. On days when the mountain is just a series of opportunities to go bigger and faster, the Fox Shox 40 Float Factory GRIP X2 Fork is the front end you want underneath you. FOX built the 40 platform around the specific demands of downhill racing and bike park riding, and every detail of this fork reflects that singular focus. The updated GRIP X2 damper brings a larger diameter base valve and a tripled valve stack count to the 40 platform, lowering operating pressures for sharper sensitivity while expanding the tuning range for riders who want precise control over how the fork behaves from top to bottom of its 203mm travel. The FLOAT EVOL air spring delivers extra mid-stroke support and tunable bottom-out resistance to match, giving you a setup that stays composed through repeated big hits without harshness. Kashima coated 40mm aluminum stanchions handle the lateral and torsional loads of aggressive downhill riding with authority, while the dual crown architecture and 20mm Boost axle lock in the front end stiffness that separates a true downhill fork from everything else. Lower leg bleeders keep air chambers balanced run after run, so the fork feels the same on lap ten as it did on lap one.