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Fox Racing Shox Float RP23 Rear Shock
Product DescriptionThe mountain bike air shock that started a suspension revolution. The Float line packs a ton of performance and pedaling efficiency into a lightweight package, for XC racing to All-mountain riding.Fox 34 Float 29 Front Fork & Float RP23 Rear Shock Pro Review
The RP23 really needs no introduction. It’s become the standard for rear shocks and, with Kashima coat in 2012, is now the gold standard. Three key technologies bear highlighting. Kashima is already explained above. The others are Boost Valve which is an actual valve in the rear shock. The RP23 (and RP2) have always been velocity sensitive in that the air spring activates differently depending on whether an impact is high or low speed. Continue reading →
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Lets Try Science Date Reviewed: December 3, 2012 Strengths: Seals have lasted a long time. Weaknesses: Blows through travel if sag is set correctly. To fix I'm supposed to pay Fox $25 for a spacer kit which looks like it contains $0.20 of plastic. Pro-pedal does nothing if your over 180lbs. Rebound adjustments aren't gradual enough. Bottom Line: 
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Celmeleon
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: August 27, 2012 Strengths: heavy duty for high jump not sure for extreme jump tho.. Weaknesses: leaks Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: waterdogs Duration Product Used: 4 times a weeks
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Salespunk
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: July 6, 2012 Strengths: Light, plush for small bump compliance, works well for cross country Weaknesses: Reliability sucks, had cavitation in the shock after 4 months. Sent it in and borrowed a friends identical shock. Cavitation after three weeks and had to be sent in as soon as mine got back. It also spikes on long downhill runs as the shock heats up. There is not enough oil in the shock to counteract the heat buildup. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Chiquito Duration Product Used: 8 months Similar Products Used: Monarch RC3 Bike Setup: Mojo HD in 160 mode. Fox 36 up front 
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atenciole
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: June 19, 2012 Strengths: I'm not sure it never worked. Weaknesses: Quality control. Third Fox product that I got that was bad out of the box. Bottom Line:
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Mark
a Cross Country Rider Date Reviewed: March 18, 2012 Strengths: When it works it seems fine/ good. Gives confidence and speed on most terrain Weaknesses: I have had an EX8 (2010) for 2.5 yrs and my 4th rear shock just went. Won't hold air through 5-10 compressions, pressure down from 150 psi to close to zero. I do not do anything extreme at all, so this thing breaks under v modest stress Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: United Kingdom Duration Product Used: 2 Years Purchased At: UK LBS Similar Products Used: None Bike Setup: Trek ex8 (2010) - standard 
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winsail
a Cross Country Rider
from Soquel Date Reviewed: February 21, 2012 Strengths: Great climbing uphill, plush on the downhill. This is a 2010 non-boost valve shock and it works great. It came with a high volume can and the standard one. I have tried it both ways and it is great either way. Weaknesses: Flipping lever..well not really Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Enchanted Loop Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $50.00 Purchased At: Craigslist Similar Products Used: Rock Shox Monarch, Flox float R, Giant branded shock Bike Setup: Jamis 650b2 nothing stock with Fox rp23
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pmoney
a Downhiller
from victoria,b.c.,canada Date Reviewed: January 30, 2012 Strengths: 2012 Fox RP23 with Kashima and adaptive logic.Compression tune m,rebound tune m,velocity tune 175.Feels a lot better than my old xcish RP23 Weaknesses: none so far. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: platinum Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $300.00 Purchased At: pinkbikeo Similar Products Used: Older model RP23,DHX5,RC4 Bike Setup: Transition Covert
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jhammer
a Cross Country Rider
from Joplin Missouri Date Reviewed: January 24, 2012 Strengths: Looks good works good when it works Weaknesses: Failed less than 3 months Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Womble Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $350.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: RP Bike Setup: 2011 Salsa Spearfish 
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eshew
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle Date Reviewed: September 8, 2011 Strengths: Works great when you get the right tune & air pressure Weaknesses: Way to many tunes make it difficult to make it work well with different bikes without trial & error. Very little consistancy from year to year in terms of feel. BoostValve harshed my ride (could work well for different weights or geometry) Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Growlers & Galby Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $200.00 Purchased At: online Similar Products Used: Fox (96)Alps 4, (07)Float R, (02)RL, 09 Rp2, 09 Rp23 & 2010 Rp23 w/ boostvalve. Fox Vanilla RL, Romic, Avalanche DHS Bike Setup: 2008 Kona Dawg frame, everything else custom.
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MBA
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego Date Reviewed: September 8, 2011 Strengths: Looks cool, holds air so far. Weaknesses: Dials do nothing so far. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Noble Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Purchased At: Ellsworth Similar Products Used: '04 Fox Triad, works great. Bike Setup: '12 Ellsworth Ephipany, '12 Talas RLC, XO components.
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Haines Mountain Biker
a Cross Country Rider
from Haines, AK. US Date Reviewed: September 2, 2011 Strengths: Responsive, light, same air sleeve kit forever. Simple air sleeve rebuild. Excellent performance for XC. Can't live without a 3-way everyday but like she said, its complicated. Weaknesses: Rebuild every 50 hours?!? That's once every 5 weeks for me. Wife can't imagine why I'd like something so high maintenance. Rebuilt 4 times in 6 months due to awkward noises. Then the rebound crapped out and spewed fluid everywhere dramatically long way out. After pogo home I sent to Fox for repair. AKA bike out of commission for 3 weeks. Reliability is deplorable. I took a class on this in college, I'm an Engineer, It's called design life engineering. I'm looking for the Dodge Dart of shocks. You know the Ford Falcon of bounce. I live in rural Alaska, you know, no roads, no bike shops, only 5 passenger planes to take my broken bike parts back. Problem is planes are already full of broken bike parts from the other 10 people who ride here. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Paradise Royale Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $2700.00 Purchased At: Bingham Cyclery Similar Products Used: Geez. All the way back to first Cannondale rear suspension in 1991. Lots of fox air and a few coil over. Seems like rebound is the part that always fails. Bike Setup: 2011 SJ Comp 29.
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MCHEEN
a Weekend Warrior
from Jakarta, Indonesia Date Reviewed: August 10, 2011 Strengths: Great anti-squat (propedal) for going up, BUT that's ALL it got. Weaknesses: Really really not reliable, especially about the rebound and the propedal+rebound setting mechanizm. Crappy,, Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: BMTB Similar Products Used: Monarch 4.2 Bike Setup: Banhee Spitfire, X0+X9, Elixir CR, SR Charger Pro, Revelation Dual Air 150mm.
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Pat
a Cross Country Rider
from Meadow Vista,CA Date Reviewed: July 24, 2011 Strengths: works kinda at moderate speed. Weaknesses: WTF is up with this shock? I have ridden fox shocks for years and they really !@#$ this one up. The 3 way adjustable setting sucks i can never figure it out and get the ride i want. The bike always tries to buck me off. I know you say the rebound is too high...yea i know but when i set it so it doesn't rebound fast i get this ride that feels like a slug. It doesn't peddle efficiently at all even in pro peddle. Not satisfied at all. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Auburn trail network Duration Product Used: 3 months
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RandyBoy
a Cross Country Rider
from Mammoth Date Reviewed: May 25, 2011 Strengths: This is for a Fox RP23 BoostValved Niner WFO and a Niner RIP. There are no strengths, BoostValve has no platform or Propedal feature that works from 2010 on. Flipping the ProPedal lever makes no difference, it causes both my Niner WFO and RIP to bob. Weaknesses: Fox won't fix the problem unless you send them $160 for a "custom tune". They finally figured out that PUSH was making bank on fixing their crappy shocks, so now they are trying to horn in and get a slice of the pie by selling what is basically a Fox Float RP as an RP23. It's a scam. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Similar Products Used: X Fusion, Manitou ISX-6, CaneCreek Double Barrel. Bike Setup: Niner WFO, Manitou Dorado, Cane Creek Double Barrel, Hadleys, Formula The One, etc.
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Jack1965
a Weekend Warrior
from Italy Date Reviewed: May 13, 2011 Strengths: unknown only used for 45 km...... Weaknesses: reliability Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Similar Products Used: rock shox x fusion
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