{"id":120207,"date":"2016-02-11T15:44:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T14:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=120207"},"modified":"2017-10-16T20:30:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T18:30:04","slug":"tested-2016-fox-float-x2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/tested-2016-fox-float-x2\/","title":{"rendered":"[Tested] 2016 FOX Float X2"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ad3]FOX Racing Shox<\/a> recently went through a sea change of sorts. At least as far as their gravity oriented rear shocks are concerned…To start, and most notably, they shifted from a mono tube design to a twin tube design. Additionally, they have poured a great deal of R&D efforts into engineering competitive air sprung damper. Those efforts have clearly paid off as Aaron Gwin won the 2015 overall World Cup title aboard the resurrected FOX DH air shock. Back in August we bolted one up to our Scott Gambler. After 6 months of abuse\u00a0it’s high time that we pass on what we’ve learned from riding it.<\/span>\"_DSC4189\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Specs<\/h2>\n

\u2022 Available Sizes : 7.875 x 2,\u00a07.875 x 2.25,\u00a08.5 x 2.5,\u00a08.75 x 2.75,\u00a09.5 x 3,\u00a010.5 x 3.5<\/p>\n

\u2022 Adjustments : Low-speed compression,\u00a0High-speed compression,\u00a0Low-speed rebound,\u00a0High-speed rebound,\u00a0Air spring pressure, Air Spring Volume via reducers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kashima coated\u00a0shaft<\/p>\n

\u2022 Retail : $595.00 US<\/p>\n

\u2022 High Volume EVOL Air Sleeve<\/p>\n

First Impressions<\/h2>\n

If you’ve been paying attention to gravity suspension at all these last few years, after taking one glance at this shock, you’ll be well aware that FOX went completely back to the drawing board. So where should we begin…? Perhaps the first thing you’ll take notice of is just how massive it is. The new EVOL air sleeve has an absurd amount of air volume. So much that we ended up using 11 of the 12 possible volume reducers in our unit. That is partially due to the fact that we are riding a relatively linear bike in terms of its suspension rate but more on that later. The next thing you’ll notice are the adjusters on the reservoir. Independent compression and rebound adjustments are made to both the low and high speed circuits via 3mm and 6mm allen keys respectively.<\/p>\n

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To shed a bit more light on FOX’s goals with the Float X2 and its coil sprung counterpart (the DHX2); it’s best to refer you to our\u00a0interview with Bill Brown<\/a>, FOX’s lead engineer. In summary, FOX decided to retire the RC4 and move to a twin tube style shock, or as they like to call it – a recirculating shock.<\/p>\n