[FarkinRyan]

Back to the DHX2 debate;

No, I have not ridden the 2021 version. But there are pics of it to discuss and compare.

New one appears to have bigger shaft, still twintube(?), and now has a massive bottom out bumper.

That bumper length alone is a red flag. It covers damn near 1/2 the stroke, are elastomers rad again?

Fox have been back in the elastomer game again since the last revision of the Float X2 which gained a solid chromed shaft and gigantic elastomer as bottom out bumper. For added consistency they use the same giant elastomer in all shocks regardless of the stroke too.

 

[Leafy]

Fox have been back in the elastomer game again since the last revision of the Float X2 which gained a solid chromed shaft and gigantic elastomer as bottom out bumper. For added consistency they use the same giant elastomer in all shocks regardless of the stroke too.

Dammit really? You can make a bump stop implementation that doesn't suck, but you need to adjust it based on the spring force when bumper contact starts so you end up with a smooth transition and ramp up of the bump stop. So you need to change length and rate of the bumper for different spring rates, strokes, and pre-loads. And is that just a dumb rubber bumper or is it urethane foam like it should be.