FOX TRANSFER DROPPER POST 2025 REVIEW
EXCELLENT, BUT NOT PERFECT
Words by Robert Johnston | Photos by Finlay Anderson
March 10, 2025
Fox updated their Transfer dropper post for 2025, intending to create the best dropper post offering on the market. With a revision to just about every aspect of this post; increased length and diameter options, and more user tunability built in, the Fox Transfer 2025 Dropper Post promises great things, but did it hit the mark?
We’ve been logging the saddle time on Fox’s new dropper seatpost over nearly a full year, and it’s time to share our thoughts.
ABOUT THE FOX TRANSFER FACTORY DROPPER
Overhauled for 2025 with a brand-new sealing system, low-friction bushings and a longer service interval, Fox claims the new Transfer is smoother and more durable than ever. Starting from the top, the new Transfer now hides a Schrader valve beneath the seat clamps, which allows you to tune the internal air pressure. This is done to allow the rider to tweak the post’s return speed and adjust for changes in altitude or temperature. Fox has included an o-ring equipped valve cap, promising zero air leaks.
The new low-stack two-bolt head of the post affords improved insertion depths, increasing the drop riders are able to fit to their bike. The overall maximum travel available for the Fox Transfer has also been upped to a lengthy 240mm and is adjustable in 5mm increments by up to 25mm. The post is now also available in a 34.9mm diameter, for the fat posted bikes out there.
Available separately (at a price of $69) is the new Fox Transfer 1X lever, which is compatible with both SRAM’s Matchmaker and Shimano’s I-Spec levers.
As you might expect, the Fox Transfer is available in two models – Performance Elite and Factory. The more affordable Performance Elite model costs $289, and while it features the same internals as the $339 Transfer Factory, it misses out on the latter’s Kashima stanchion coating.
THE DIRT
Following the media camp for the launch of the Fox Transfer 2025 at the beginning of 2024, I took it home to fit to my long-term Starling Mega Murmur test bike. It lived happily on there for the remainder of the year, and saw just about every condition you could imagine, from alpine dust to Scottish slop and snow. It came out the other side laughing, raising and dropping smooth as ever. But there was one quirk that would knock it down a point or two in my estimations, and I’m not the only one to experience it.
Roughly four out of five times I would drop and raise the Fox Transfer 2025 dropper post, it would hit the top of its travel with a reassuring yet soft “thwack” to indicate that it had fully extended. However, one out of these five times, it would only reach around 90% of its maximum travel. A quick blip of the lever and butt bump would easily rectify this, but it was frustrating to have to do so. The issue prevailed regardless of the pressure inside, albeit less frequently when at the maximum allowable pressure. Speaking with two other riders with this post, one echoed the same quirk.
This quirk aside, the Fox Transfer 2025 dropper post was a stellar offering. The insertion depth is competitive for the travel you can get; the user tuneable drop length and return speed are much appreciated, and the whole post simply feels high quality. The Transfer 1X lever was well executed, and when paired with the post it offered a sufficiently light lever action.
The reliability has been solid too, with no air leaking from the chamber or any perceivable increase in friction over the test. I’m inclined to believe the 300-hour service interval may even be conservative, though you’ll want to stick to it to ensure the beautiful Kashima gold shaft remains looking pretty.
The Wolf’s Last Word
A small yet disappointing functionality quirk aside, the Fox Transfer 2025 dropper post was a simply excellent offering that represented the (Kashima) gold standard of its class. 
Price: $339 / £399 / €449
Website: Ridefox.com
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Robert’s habitat is the Tweed Valley, Scotland, which is renowned for its root-littered enduro mountain bike trails. Robert has been developing his bike handling skills for the last 16 years. Since he was a pup, he’s been riding everything from BMX through to enduro and downhill bikes. Combining a playful style with occasional speed-focused aggression, he favors supportive bikes, and does his best to push them hard.
Rank: European Tech Editor
Size: 6’2” / 189cm | 220lbs / 100kg
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