2012 Foes Hydro
2012 Foes Hydro
With nearly two decades of downhill racing experience behind it, Foes
Racing is excited to announce the 2011 Foes Racing Hydro. The all new
Hydro retains Foes’ legendary hand-crafted fabrication and lateral
stiffness that helped earn our reputation as creators of some of the
world’s best downhill frames.
With race inspired geometry and an excellent blend of agility in tight
terrain, this bike is at home in steep, fast and nasty conditions. Now
riders are able to tune the bike to their needs with the option to
choose from a wide variety of 10.5 x 3.5″ shocks including those
offered by Cane Creek, Elka, Fox, Marzocchi and Rock Shox, as well as
our own Curnutt XTD Coil shocks.
2012 Foes Racing Hydro features:
- 6061 aluminum frame hand-built in the United States
- 8.25″ of travel
- Progressive linkage driven single pivot suspsension
- 2.36:1 leverage ratio
- 1.5″ head tube
- 83mm bottom bracket shell
- Replaceable ISCG ’05 chainguide mount
- 12x150mm rear axle
- 10.75 lb frame weight with Fox DHX RC4 (medium with steel spring)
MSRP:
Available as a frameset with the following shocks:
- with Fox VAN RC – $2399 US
- with Elka Stage 5 – $2499 US
- with Fox DHX RC4 – $2599 US
- with Cane Creek Double Barrel – $2799 US
- with Curnutt XTD Coil – $3099 US
Geometry:
| Size | Small | Medium | Large |
| Seat Tube Length | 16.5″ | 16.5″ | 17″ |
| Head Tube Angle | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Seat Tube Angle | 59 | 59 | 59 |
| Bottom Bracket Height | 14.1″ | 14.1″ | 14.1″ |
| Chainstay Length | 17.5″ | 17.5″ | 17.5″ |
| Wheel Base | 44.8″ | 45.8″ | 46.8″ |
| Top Tube Length | 19.5/22.5″ | 20.5/23.5″ | 21.5/24.5″ |
| Seatpost Diameter | 31.6mm | 31.6mm | 31.6mm |
| Head Tube Diameter | 1.5″ | 1.5″ | 1.5″ |
| Head Tube Length | 4.75″ | 4.75″ | 5.25″ |
| Wheel Travel | 8.25″ | 8.25″ | 8.25″ |
| BB Width | 83mm | 83mm | 83mm |
| Standover Height | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Optimum Fork Travel | 8.5″ | 8.5″ | 8.5″ |
| e*13 Chain Guide | optional | optional | optional |
| Replaceable ISCG 05 Mount | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| 12×150 Through Axle | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Replaceable Hanger | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Max. Tire | 2.7 Maxxis | 2.7 Maxxis | 2.7 Maxxis |
| Reach | 14.3″ | 15.3″ | 16.1″ |
| Stack | 23.0″ | 23.0″ | 23.5″ |
Tech Notes:
- Foes recommends using an External Cup (EC) style lower headset cup on the Hydro for improved down tube / lower crown clearance, as well as more secure cup insertion.
- Fox 40 lower fork crowns may contact the downtube gusset when used with Zero Stack (ZS) style lower headset cups.
Shock/Fork/Color Slideshow
