Hot off the heels of the new 32 Step-Cast fork and fresh dampers is the revamped Fox Transfer dropper post. Now, the post is bang up to date, featuring a larger range of travels, a shorter stack and a smoother action, says the brand. Here are all of the details.
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The Fox Transfer has become a mainstay in the dropper post market, found on several bikes from OEM and acting as a very valid upgrade to any good mountain bike. With the latest version of the Transfer, Fox has taken the better part of 10 years to make it smoother, more durable, more tuneable and easier to service.
Posing a 62 per cent reduction in air loss, Fox has graced the new Transfer with all-new internals and a new sealing setup. This has been added in a bid to boost the dropper’s durability by replacing the old two dynamic air shaft seals with static seals which, in turn, reduces friction and lowers air loss.
The new post benefits from more oil sealing two, to reduce oil loss, offering a 6X increase in duty cycle life, according to Fox. And now, the air chamber is located at the top of the post and that’s allowed the designers to equip the new Transfer with a Schrader valve at the top of the head, meaning that riders can tune the return speed.
As well as upping durability, reducing friction was an aim when designing the new Transfer. As such, Fox has moved away from IGUS bushings (commonly found on dropper posts) to metal-backed Ekonol bushings throughout. Fox says that these bushings achieve tight tolerances with the lowest possible friction. The combination of the two then means that the Transfer should be easier to operate through a reduction in stiction.
The previous iteration of the Transfer famously needed very specialist tools to perform a full service. That meant taking the post to a qualified mechanic but now, not only does Fox claim that the transfer now has a 300-hour full-service interval but servicing can be done by the user without the need for special tools.
Properly modernising the post, it now features adjustable travel. The adjustment is tool-free and can be done in 5mm increments.
Perhaps the most obvious change is that Fox has tweaked the two-bolt head. As before, it’s a low-stack head but the two-bolt design has been changed to shed weight and bolster strength.
Available with internal cable routing only, the Fox Transfer offers travel from 95mm up to 240mm, each of which offers 25mm of travel adjustment. It can be picked up to 30.9-, 31.6-, and 34.9mm diameters and comes in the Kashima coated Factory model, or anodized black Performance Elite build.
Prices start at £319 for the Performance Elite dropper and go up to £389 for the Factory model.
