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mountainbiker24
a All Mountain RiderDate Reviewed: May 27, 2012
Strengths: The platform settings work very well and are quite distinct.
Reliable.
Light.
Feels almost as good as the coil DHX 5.0 it replaced.
Feels much better than my Fox Float RL.
Comes in black or white!
Fits my bike.Weaknesses: Hmm... I've got nothing.
I guess it could be cheaper and come with swag.Bottom Line: This shock has been awesome on my 2005 Santa Cruz Heckler. It feels almost as good as a coil, has a usable range of platform, and is light. I bought the high volume can, and I added some plastic to reduce the volume. It works like a charm!
Duration Product Used: Just one?
Price Paid:
$290.00
Purchased At: Suspension Experts (
Similar Products Used: Fox DHX5.0 coil
Fox Float RL
Fox Float R (Pushed, but broken)
Fox Float R (not Pushed)
Marzocchi Roco R coil
Manitou Swinger 4way
Bike Setup: 2005 Santa Cruz Heckler (large)
Rockshox Lyrik coil u-turn w/ Mission Control on the front
I weigh about 190, and shock has 180 psi with some plastic inside the high volume can to reduce the volume. Rebound is set at 3 clicks from full fast. I usually run the shock with the lowest platform, but I will use the other 2 clicks on roads and climbs. It keeps the back of the bike riding higher, which makes keeping the front end low a bit easier.
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ride the biscuit
a All Mountain Rider
from greenville,scDate Reviewed: February 22, 2012
Strengths: light, great value for money so far, bike feels very lively because of reduced weight and firm platform, awesome to pump every ounce of speed out of a flow trail, feels great in medium speed technical terrain riding, linear positive feel (unlike dhxA, which felt like it blew thru travel then piggyback stops a bottomoout), drastically improved climbing due to both weight and platform, and last but not least LOOKSWeaknesses: its not very plush; just a little too much air and I'm riding a hardtail. I'm not a great basis for comparison on that aspect given the other shocks i ride and my bike setup. even so, I only find it lacking on very chattery stuff at top speed, but not more than i would expect for what it isBottom Line: I'm mainly writing this review to share my experience that this shock took a pretty significant time to brake in for me. I would otherwise put this in negatives, but I've heard that the longer it takes to brake in a shock the better long term durability. Hearsay really, but could be some truth to it. Anyways after a good handful of rides, with fast, rocky tech sections included, mine really started behaving like a quality air shock should. Neither of my fox shocks had to brake in quite like that. At first I was thinking "What is going on with this thing!?!?", and I thought someone might find this warning helpful.
oh and make sure you get the right tune for your bike's suspension rate
overall im really glad i got this VS. spending to fix my DHXa's rebound damper...its a whole different bike now when i swap between the coil and air shocks so more versatile. i didn't notice the rear der thing other reviewers noted but i ride the fast, tech trails in western NC and had to force myself to stop listening to my rear der slap around like a little b
Favorite Trail: toads wild ride
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$234.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: fox float, dhx air. now i swap between the RS monarch and an elka stage 5
Bike Setup: 170mm fox float slack'd with an angleset on a banshee rune. 1x9 with chainguide. rs reverb. chromag bars cut to 750, etc...sees a lot of climbing
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Lonnie D
a Cross Country Rider
from Atlanta, GA, USADate Reviewed: October 26, 2011
Strengths: Great shock that is relatively light weight
Easily to switch positionsWeaknesses: Valve spins if cap is too tight
Sag is a little off in my opinionBottom Line: I read the other 2 reviews above and decided to try this shock out because the Fox Float RP23 had such bad reviews, I like to research as much as possible and the Fox seemed to have a lot of issues and needed rebuilding quite often.
My initial setup with adjusting the sag seemed way to stiff at 20% and it was almost where I would want the stiffest setting to be. Sag is much better at 30% line indicated on the shock, I personally like just going by the psi. The shock pump which is included is very nice but you loose 10 psi when disconnecting so inflate an extra 10 psi.
As the other reviews I did notice that the shock is quieter and there is less chain slap than before with my float R. The gate adjustment is easy to switch while riding and it gets great wheel contact when set in the medium or high setting. Climbs great and is a smooth shock.
Would definitely recommend this shock.
Favorite Trail: Blankets Creek
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$250.00
Purchased At: Blueskycycleing.com
Similar Products Used: Fox Float R
Bike Setup: DW Link
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ocxcrider
a Cross Country Rider
from san clemente, caDate Reviewed: September 3, 2011
Strengths: reasonably priced, solid, light, good features.Weaknesses: none so far.Bottom Line: When linkage bolt snapped, local shop drained by brain-fade. So, I decided it was time to get away from the frankenstein proprietary set-up. Reviews of RP23 make it seem like fox is doing better controlling the market than making solid product, so I went with Monarch tuned by PUSH. Like my fellow reviewer, oddest experience with this shock is noise reduction. very composed at-speed over the bumps. what happened to the chain slap?! with the float r, the whole rig rattled on descents and (without brain) impossible mechanical bull-like pedal bob in the climbs. sram/rockshox deserves credit for a well-controlled rear shock. smooth operator with gate fully-open and still decent climbing characteristics. with gate at med, climbing is very solid and composed. You can do better on pricing away from PUSH, in which case the shock would be 5 chilis on value.
Favorite Trail: caspers and moro canyon trails
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$380.00
Purchased At: Push
Similar Products Used: fox float r with specialized brain fade
Bike Setup: '06 stumpjumper fsr pro, sram x.0 rd, xtr front, talas rlc fork, sram 9 shifters (most is so old, who cares?)
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tatudrew
a Cross Country Rider
from Pagosa Springs, CO, USADate Reviewed: July 23, 2011
Strengths: Plush, wide range of adjustment, strong shock for heavy riders, good bump compliance......Weaknesses: none as of yetBottom Line: Just switched over from a fox vanilla coil to the rt3. Ride quality has greatly improved.... smoother and quieter. The first thing I noticed was how much quieter my ride was( I assume this is due to lack of chain slap). Stoked. Not a full lock out but reeeaaaalll firm with zero bob. Power transfer is tripled. Makes my riding experience much better. I would definately recommend this shock as an alternative to the rp23.Gets 5 chilis on value cuz I got the hookup.Gets 4 for overall cuz I havent run this shock long enough to know how this thing will hold up.Good trail shock
Favorite Trail: Phils World
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$135.00
Purchased At: Online
Similar Products Used: Fox RP23. Cane Creek Cloud Nine
Bike Setup: K2 Lithium 3.0 with sram xo and x9 drivetrain. manitou super nixon 145...mavic crossmax w/ intense system 4 tires.
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