In the Medium setting the ride firmed up a tad, while in Open mode it was smooth sailing.
With the inclusion of the volume spacer the ride evened out. Firm, although regularly used, is mainly to get me home at max pace. For me, tuning the shock is about finding the balance between Open and Medium modes. I installed a 0.4in3 spacer on top of the already installed 0.4in3 and headed for the local trails.Ī slight drop in pressure, 110 down to 100 and back into trail carving I went. The spacers come in a variety of flavours, 0.3in3 to 0.95in3, which can be used in combination or singularly. The chances are you will have to go through the same procedure, so if this bothers you, Sola Sport can assist you with their new tuning service. Installing volume spacers is relatively easy and you can do it at home - just be careful as the air can is under pressure and can harm you. That was not the case this time, so I put in a order for volume spacers. I was lucky enough with previous iterations to be sitting within the goal weights of the factory tune as the bikes were direct from the factory floor. It was interesting to note that the bottom out was much softer despite this imbalance and I was feeling most of the punishment in the climbs, where even in the medium setting, bob was prevalent. Instead, I was feeling all that through the medium setting and completely blowing through travel in the Open setting - which is where I spend much of my off road riding time. All set up, on the trail this should translate to more mid stroke support, a softer bottom out and a supple chatter over small bumps. As a by-product of the conversion to a single piece EVOL can, the negative air chamber is now larger again - swallowing anotherġ0 -15psi than its predecessor. It was a rocky start after the Fox test event when, despite having the correct sag and air pressure, I struggled to get the feeling in the shock I was seeking. However additional to the standard Performance shock is the inclusion of the Open mode adjustment tuning knob, mirroring the Factory model, which gives you another three options of firmness in Open mode. The three compression settings remain Open, Medium and Firm. Namely the EVOL can - this is now a one-piece construction. The Fox Float DPS system sees some improved hardware for the new year. For those of you who aren’t regular readers, I picked it up a little over two months ago at the launch of the Fox ‘My18’ range (Issue 163) and it has been bolted to my Whyte T-130 ever since. It’s an almost identical copy of the Factory shock, save for the Kashima coat. The shock we have on test is the Float DPS Performance Elite, the model you may find bolted to your brand new rig.
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