2026 Fox 34 SL Review | The Best XC Fork We’ve Ever Tested Just Got Bigger & Better

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Brand new for 2026, the Fox 34 SL is a high performance fork that’s been purpose-built for XC riding and World Cup level racing. The 34 SL will replace the outgoing 34 Step-Cast, which is a fork that we’ve had a lot of experience with over the past few years. Looking at the two side-by-side, it’s clear that the 34 SL is quite a bit beefier in its appearance. It also offers more travel, and early impressions suggest that it could very well become the new standard in XCO racing.

Flow was recently invited out to one of Fox Racing Shox’s development centres in Scottsdale, Arizona, to meet the team behind the new fork and shock lineup. We took bikes over with us to fit the new components and get everything dialled in on the arid desert trails in the Phoenix region, before bringing them back home with us for longer term testing.

There are a heap of exciting new releases coming from Fox for 2026 (you’ll be hearing about the others very soon!), but for this video we’ll be diving into all of the tech behind the 34 SL, as well as our experience of riding it over the past few weeks.

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Fox 34 SL Video Review Contents

0:00 – The New Fox 34 SL
0:54 – Travel & Application
1:34 – Chassis Updates
2:44 – Fox 34 SL Weight
3:17 – Fox Twin Stick Remote
4:00 – Fox 34 SL Price & Specs
4:31 – On The Trail
5:55 – Downsides
6:44 – Durability
7:25 – Fox 34 SL vs RockShox SID
7:47 – Flow’s Verdict

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