FOX have introduced two entirely new shocks for 2022. The first is the FOX FLOAT X Air Shock, said to deliver heavyweight features in a lightweight package to meet the demands of aggressive trail riders, combining sophisticated damping and fade free performance in a light weight chassis with outstanding structural integrity.
The second? That would be the all-new DHX Coil Shock. FOX describe this one as their magic-carpet shock. It offers trail smoothing performance in a wide range of configurations to suit modern enduro, downhill and freeride mountain bikes. Here’s a brief introduction to them both.
All-new FOX FLOAT X Air Shock
You may be wondering why FOX have gone back to a monotube design. Well, the new FLOAT X Shock doesn’t actually replace the DPX2. Rather than thinking of it in that way, think of it as a scaled down, lightweight version of the Float X2 with a feature
set aimed squarely at the trail category. Its intended use doesn’t stretch over into enduro.
The FLOAT X features a large piston and large air volume for a wider range of tuneability on more frames. That larger piston area means less air pressure is required to achieve the
same spring force. It reduces the average rider pressure by 40 psi vs. the DPX2.
Far more tuneable than the DPX2, the new FLOAT X shock air volume can be adjusted in 0.1 increments. A 0.1 volume spacer can be added to -0.2, -0.4, -0.6, -0.8, -1.0 setups to fine tune the air spring volume so riders can find what’s best for their frame.
2022 DHX Coil Shock
