Fox float rp23 axle to axle full#
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Now comes the additional step required with the DRCV shock: it is very important for you to push the bike into 50% of its travel at this point in the setup. I weigh in at 170 lbs and so I pumped until the gauge read 180 psi. You'll want to start with about 10 psi more than your body weight. The DRCV equipped Remedy that I've been putting time on came with a card that gave me a guideline as to where to start with air pressure for the spring rate, but if you don't have it handy it's also listed on the Trek website. Setting up the DRCV shock is similar to any other air shock, but an extra step is required during the process that you wouldn't have to do with a standard unit. The goal with this technology is to be able to have your cake and eat it as well, meaning to have a lively but firm spring to push against that is provided by the main chamber, but benefit from the secondary chamber's ability to add a more linear and forgiving end to the stroke. The plunger is referred to as the control valve, or the 'CV' in DRCV.

Connecting the two chambers is a plunger, or valve, that opens the airway between the two at a predetermined point in the travel. The two different air chambers provide two different rates depending on where the shock is at in its stroke. The 'DR' stands for Dual Rate, and is as simple as that. The extra length at the top houses the smaller, secondary air spring chamber, which is partly where the DRCV name is derived from. Another look though and it becomes obvious that there is certainly something very different going on here. The lack of small-bump compliance needs compensating for with careful power application or low tyre pressures on loose climbs though, and limited pedal clearance can cause issues on technical climbs.If you only had a quick glimpse at the Fox Float DRCV shock you may not notice the damper's extra length that is positioned above the upper mounting point. Properly big stuff is handled okay вЂ“ if not outstandingly smoothly вЂ“ by the вЂdogboneвЂ™ controlled shock ramp-up too. ThereвЂ™s enough plush in the mid-stroke to suck up any momentum-stopping steps or rocks.

The pivotless carbon chainstays and a firm compression tune on the Fox RP23 shock mean thereвЂ™s no wallow when you stamp on the pedals either. Those massive chainstays and the screw-through rear axle mean no torque-related twist. While itвЂ™s underlined with useful muscle, the overall feel of the bike is still lively and agile. This is only going to be improved by a 160mm-travel fork and broader, burlier wheels, and youвЂ™ll still have a bike under 30lb. This is all the more impressive because itвЂ™s exactly these situations that make most long-travel trail bikes feel nervous and noodly.

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The new lower bottom bracket, increased stiffness across the rear wheel axle and deep chainstays, plus a firm end to the shock stroke make it a great bike to swing, sweep and slide through fast and loose corners.

Fox float rp23 axle to axle full#

Add the tapered head tube and a steeper seat angle putting more weight forward and we never felt worried about using the full width of rocky ledge trails, even if wandering a couple of millimetres the wrong way would have had serious consequences. Even with a 15mm screw-through axle, the long-legged 150mm-travel (5.9in) Fox 32 isnвЂ™t the stiffest trail fork around, but the new gold Kashima stanchions give a much more supple, traction-sniffing ride.