Read on and Pinkbike will show you how it's done. Fox’s internal spacers allow riders to change the volume of the air spring and fine-tune the spring rate of the shock without replacing the expensive air can, or even removing the shock from the bike.
#2011 FOX FLOAT RP23 BOOST VALVE FULL#
A larger-volume air can ramps up less at full compression, but the shock will sag less because more volume requires significantly higher starting pressures to prevent bottoming at full compression. Reducing the volume of the air chamber causes the air pressure to ramp up quickly, so the spring pressure can be set low, allowing more suspension sag without risking harsh bottoming. Suspension tuners separate the sag and spring-rate functions of an air shock by changing the volume of its air can. Because sag and spring rate are bound together, a rider who pumps an extra 50 psi into the air can in order to prevent harsh bottoming must also suffer a harsh ride in the initial suspension travel and a taller ride height due to reduced shock sag. Preload adjustments to change suspension sag do not affect a coil spring’s overall rate, but any changes in air pressure will alter an air shock’s suspension-sag measurement and its overall spring rate at full compression. Unlike a coil spring, which retains zero energy while uncompressed, an air spring begins at a high, pre-set static pressure. Why Change the Shock’s Compression Ratio?īefore we get started, a brush-up on air springs and spring rates may be helpful. The debut of its volume spacer kit gives rank-and-file riders an inexpensive tuning tool that previously was a professional-only option.
#2011 FOX FLOAT RP23 BOOST VALVE HOW TO#
Before we show you how to install a volume spacer into an RP 23 shock, we'll go over the spacer kit and cover a few tuning tips so we all start on the same page. The Fox Float Volume Spacer kit allows you to tune your air-shock's spring rate inexpensively and without tools. That said there are instances when an air spring cannot be satisfactorily tuned because a rider is too heavy for a particular suspension design, would like to use less air pressure without bottoming the suspension, or may want the shock to perform outside of the limitations imposed by the volume of its stock air canister. Change the spring rate of the Fox Float RP air shock in three minutes with the new Float Volume Spacer kit.Change the spring rate of the Fox Float RP air shock in three minutes with the new Float Volume Spacer kit.Īir-sprung shocks can be tuned to work with a relatively wide range of rider weights.
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