DHX Air on DH bikes

[jungle]

Anyone running DHX Air rear shocks on their DH Bikes ?

How do they compare to Coil shocks ?

[TheMontashu]

I have a float R on my DH bike, I am barrowing it to see how an air shock feels , and if it feels like it could work im ganna go get a DHX

[Bicyclist]

IMO they suck for real rocky long DH 'cause they overheat, and there's no mid range feel.

For Sea Otter esque stuff they're fine.

[SuspectDevice]

I have a float R on my DH bike, I am barrowing it to see how an air shock feels , and if it feels like it could work im ganna go get a DHX

You have nearly 3 thousand posts. Time to invest in spell check, please....

Air shocks kind of work. I used a pushed float on my Splinter for the last part of the season riding and racing at places like Plattekill and Whiteface. For what I was going for (a really short travel DH bike) it was ok. I really wouldn't reccomend an air shock on a longer-travel or higher leveraged bike.

[Pat...]

You have nearly 3 thousand posts. Time to invest in spell check, please....

Air shocks kind of work. I used a pushed float on my Splinter for the last part of the season riding and racing at places like Plattekill and Whiteface. For what I was going for (a really short travel DH bike) it was ok. I really wouldn't reccomend an air shock on a longer-travel or higher leveraged bike.


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[davep]

Anyone running DHX Air rear shocks on their DH Bikes ?

How do they compare to Coil shocks ?

Do a search. Read the last page of the Sunday thread above. Look at ANY video, pic, magazine, etc of competative DH racing.......No one is running a DHX air....


If you need to tell all your friends how much your bike weighs, get one. If you are looking for performance, keep your coil (get a ti spring if you want to save weight).

On a more technical note, air acts as a progressive spring. The very nature of this, makes for an undersrpung mid stroke...usually described as 'wallowy'. To make matters worse, as I understand, the DHX air is missing some internals (that the coil has) that provide mid stroke damping. The numbers are completely made up, but see the graph for a visual of what I am describing...