as pointed out on vital, the shock is not actually proprietary. it uses a standard e2e/stroke. spesh even offers the frame with other shocks.
It's the leverage ratio tuned to the specific characteristics of the shock I object to. while other shocks will fit, they will likely have a hard time achieving optimal performance without some sort of fuckery. makes keeping a frame for a long time difficult as options for replacing shocks become scarce. also, if you happen to fall on either end of the bell curve of rider weight/aggressiveness, then you're also limited by this choice.
True true. I used the wrong word. My question still stands. Where did a shock like this work well?
If Fox is not selling it aftermarket, its proprietary. Dont kid yourself. The main issue is in 3 years fox will be trying to forget this shock and you’ll have to replace it with something else.
still technically OEM only.
I really like the shocks on my Sparks, Genius, and Ransom. The damper tunes seem fine and the remote changeable air volume makes the bikes more comfortable and enjoyable to climb on than comparable bikes. It's basically a sag switch.
The Trek/Fox DRCV was the exact opposite of this Spesh shock. Who in their fucking mind would like to make it easier to bottom out the shock???
gonna be honest...have ridden coil only rear shocks exclusively for...15years? got a kitsuma air on sale cheap last year and have ridden it now for a few rides on everything from local xc to rough as heck dh...after getting it dialed the thing that's most impressed me is that i realized that i just don't think about it. maybe not *quite* as supple on low speed local trail roots, but charging downhill over jank at speed it's been pretty damn impressive.
That's weird. You got them from Offset Bushings? Just let them know, they will make it right. One time they did not read my specific length that I had left in the comments and went with the manufacturer specs, but I told them and they shipped me a new one right away without any fuss.
I feel like there is some tension between Germany and Switzerland? I heard for example that there is a train ready to start on the swiss side of the border if the train from Germany is delayed... German delays are passing off people in Switzerland, who would have thought that?
My wife and I both have reigns and while I was at CC I ended up buying one Kitsuma Coil and one Kitsuma Air.
In this age that seat tube angle is inexcusable. It took me almost 20 years of bitching to get everyone to agree that a seat that moves way forward when dropped and puts a tall person behind the rear wheel is stupid. I hope this bikcaus' it actually looks kinda nice, aesthetically-speaking:
They did, its called Eagle. Been around for years.
It'll inclue self-destruction as a feature for sure.
I guess they didn't like the reserve solution of doing a presta valve with 3x more airflow and wanted to make a new standard so that they could have worse performance.
i don't automatically hate them. although i foundd myself wondering what the max operating pressure is for the pump interface. if it's high enough for road bikes, it might have a chance.
Werent the equalizers a pita to service and not very reliable? or was it only for select model years?
Why do you want your seat to move forward a lot when lowered?
Those DT shocks were bad. The only one I had was a pull shock and the seals constantly failed. Since moving to Fox they've been good. There's nothing weird in the damper so they can be tuned like any other Fox shock. It's just got an extra air chamber that opens or closes with the lever.
Better than schrader?
