Duxuk wrote:
The shock is a 165mm with (I'm pretty sure) 43mm of travel. The problem is that you can't have a shock with levers, dials or valves sticking out because there isn't the space, especially for the front shock. The original XFusion and Fox shocks work well. They're neat and tidy and I think an air shock must be the way to go because only earlier PRSTs and JWs had coil shocks. You need sufficient pressure, as mentioned above, to make the system work. If you use a coil shock you need to give it plenty of preload to prevent bobbing.
It's a very unconventional bike. You need virtually zero sag both front ant rear. The advice of body weight in PSI rear and 75% of that front works well in both my XFusion and Fox shocks.
I fitted a DNM shock at the rear but it didn't seem very good. I rebuilt my XFusions just by replacing the oil and they are like new.
Jas, the front and rear shocks are the same length eye to eye and stroke too. You can have a front shock with dials and levers if you fit it as it my picture. The only thing you need to make sure is that you dont get a "high volume" shock - they are too wide. a standard RP23 or a DT swiss Carbon shock fit - I have used both of them successfully.
Mine is relegated to the winter dog walk bike, so is not getting much love now.
The best thing I made for this bike was the front mud guard, it totally protects the front shock - I used an old car wheel arch liner - pretty tough plastic.
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