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In 1974, Bob Fox ran a small business distributing suspension components for motocross bikes with his brother Geoff. In 1977, [1] the company split into what became Fox Racing (later Fox Head Inc.) under Geoff Fox, and Bob Fox's Fox Racing Shox parts production company, Fox Factory. A holding company, Fox Factory Holding, was established in ...
In July 2006, Fox Racing decided to change its corporate name to Fox Head. [3] The move was complete by the fall of that year. Fox decided such a change would help the brand further penetrate sporting venues aside from motocross, such as mountain bike, wake boarding, surfing; as well as expand into other products.
Fox is a brevity code used by NATO pilots to signal the simulated or actual release of an air-to-air munition or other combat function. Army aviation elements may use a different nomenclature, as the nature of helicopter -fired weapons is almost always air-to-surface .
The DW-link is a subset of the common four-bar system used widely in bicycle suspension. The four-bar system has been used on mountain bikes since the early days of suspension. Similar suspension systems to the DW-link have been used by Schwinn, Fisher and Karpiel. Currently a similar system is used by Giant and named "Maestro".
The unique water-cooled circulation used a convection method known as the thermosyphon system. The bottom end block was painted green for racing or red for road, and had a centrally positioned flywheel, twin inboard main bearings, overhung crankpins, and doors for easy access to the engine.
Switching focus solely on suspension systems in the early 1980s. In 1984, Öhlins secured their first mountain bike fork. This later continued to be advancing to the shocks. In 1986, Yamaha Motor Company became co-owner of Öhlins Racing AB [5] but Öhlins continued to operate as an independent company within the Yamaha group. The company moved ...
Paul began developing the first bicycle suspension fork. In 1989 or 1990, Turner approached Simons for help designing a suspension fork for mountain bikes. Turner had in 1987, with the help of Keith Bontrager, presented a full bike with front and rear suspension at the bicycle industry trade show in Long Beach. The industry was not impressed.
The Hand Job took an overlooked part of every other bike and made it a focal point for an Ibis, and as such symbolized the company. [ 8 ] The BowTi design (released in 1998) [ 7 ] was unique in being a full suspension frame that did not use pivots to separate the front and rear triangle.