# @bikerumor on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CopbngMOBt3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13356983-bikerumor-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-02-14T15:11:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BikeRumor (@bikerumor) — https://gondola.cc/bikerumor

## Caption

Fox Factory has filed a patent titled “Methods And Apparatus For Lubricating Suspension Components” detailing the use of bushing-housed ball bearings coupled to a self-lubrication system.

The patent gives us some insight into how Fox’s long-travel mountain bike forks such as the 36, 38, and 40 may evolve in the future, with the inventions described working to reduce binding at ever-slacker head angles, while also continuously lubricating the wiper seals during use.
Tucked away inside that very same patent document is a description of a coil sprung fork, travel-adjustable over its full 80-125mm range, indicating the possibility of a new XC/Downcountry fork on the Horizon from Fox, or more likely their sister-brand, Marzocchi. Details at the link in the bio. 

#mtbtech #patentpatrol #foxfork #mtbsuspension #suspensiontech #ballbearingbushings #mountainbike #coilsprung #itsonbikerumor

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itsonbikerumor, mtbtech, foxfork, coilsprung, mountainbike, suspensiontech, patentpatrol, mtbsuspension, ballbearingbushings

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