Rock Shock har arbetat hårt med att ta fram luftassisterade stötdämpare för oss som gillar dem. Men har även updaterat den fjädrade delen.

Rock Shox är som bekant ett företag som verkligen arbetar hårt för oss Mountainbike njutare. Vi som alltid ser till att ha det bästa som finns på marknaden fast det kostar så att det räcker och blir över! Nu har Rock Shox tagit fram en del nya stötdämpare som kommer väl till pass då vi ska ta oss uppför backarna eller kasta oss utför med våra dyrgrippar.

Det allra senaste från dem är nog deras luftassisterade dämpare som närmar sig dom dämpare som använder fjäder. Dagens luftdämpare har ett utvecklat inehåll som gör dem nästa oslagbara. Vikten är på deras sida och som ni vet så är det många som jagar vilkter på sina DH hojar.

Monarch plus finns i 4 olika varianter. R, RT, RT3, RC3 Plus. Dessa dämpare är stabila och kan köras mycket hårt och är samtidigt mycket lätta vilket inte är en nackdel!

Monarch RC3 Plus

Monarch Plus fuses the exemplary weight of the

Monarch with an all new Solo Air system and

damper design similar to Vivid Air to create a lightweight

package that tackles all-mountain riding

like it was born to bomb downhill. This air shock

with piggyback reservoir incorporates Dual Flow

rebound and compression allowing you to dial up

the performance perfect for your desires—especially

when all you want is to go farther, faster.

All New Platform for 2011

• New Solo Air spring

• New damper based on Monarch and Vivid Air damping systems

• New forged eyelet

Vivid Air RC2 är en dämpare för hårdare typer av DH race eller Free Ride åkning på hög nivå. Denna dämpare har allt man kan önska sig från en luftdämpare. Solo Air systemet finns med och numera den berömda Hot Rod Thermal Compensation som är en termoplastisk bit som känner av värmen och självjusterar sig i förhållande till värmen som alstras i oljan. Alltså så får du samma känsla från toppen till målet på din slinga utan att känna att dämparen faddar ut på slutet. Finns i en mängd längder.

The Hot Rod

VIVID AIR RC2 - The harder you ride it, the better it feels. 

RockShox has long been the pioneer in mountain bike suspension air springs. From the humble beginnings in the RS-1 air spring, to Hydra-coil air, Dual Air and Solo Air, air springs were proven to be supple, light and adjustable. RockShox took air springs even further establishing long travel air springs with the BoXXer World Cup. This knowledge created the first World Cup ready air rear shock, Vivid Air.

The mission for the Vivid Air project was simple; create an air shock capable of winning a World Cup Downhill but keep it easy to tune on the shop floor. After spending decades supporting World Cups, RockShox knows that World Cup DH is the ultimate benchmark in performance. If it can perform there, it can perform anywhere. The key challenge for the project came straight from our racers mouths: “ Keep the same feel and performance from the start of the run to the end of the run!”

With this mission in mind the team started with our championship winning Vivid damper and began sculpting a new air spring system around that damper. RockShox finalized around a twin-tube solo air system that feels as supple as a coil, but has the ease of adjustability with a single air valve. Once we had refined prototypes we took them out to be punished by our World Cup stars.

Consistently the riders like, Steve Peat, Sam Hill, Greg Minnaar and Mick Hannah, came down and said, “It feels great! The harder I ride the better it feels. I just have more to push off of compared to my coil Vivid.” The riders were discovering the benefits of air’s “speed sensitive” nature when compressed at high speeds. Over successive hits or a high speed hit the air spring will absorb the same amount of energy as a coil spring, but do it without using as much shaft travel. Boiled down you ride higher in the stroke leaving you with more available shaft travel for that next huge hit.

To address the needs for consistency from the top of the run to the bottom, RockShox had to address the increased heat that was causing rebound fade. The answer to that problem came in the form of a tiny piece of thermoplastic. The Hot Rod is a beginning stroke adjuster rod with a piece of thermoplastic in the middle. This material expands when heated, closing down the beginning stroke rebound, just a little bit. This adjustment is matched with the heated oil’s reduction in viscosity to keep your rebound adjustment feeling the same as when you started the run. The fade resistance of the Hot Rod coupled with the twin-tubed Solo Air system results in a shock that is ready to be pushed, easy to adjust and pulls over 400 grams off your bike! Welcome Vivid Air to the family.

Vivid R2C - 216 x 63.5 (8.5 x 2.5)

Weight:530g

Availability:August 1st, 2010

MSRP:USD $ 620.00

Sizes:240 x 76 (9.5 x 3.0), 229 x 70 mm (9.0 x 2.75 in), 222 x 70 (8.75 x 2.75), 216 x 63.5 (8.5 x 2.5), 200 x 57 (7.875 x 2.25)

Features:
• Over 400g lighter than Vivid coil!
• New Solo Air system for super supple performance
• Beginning stroke rebound
• Ending stroke rebound
• Low speed compression.
• Spring rate (via air pressure)
• Hot Rod thermal compensation

Ario dämparna är för den cross country åkare. Lätt som en plätt vilket vi gillar skarpt. Finns i 2 olika utföranden med eller utan remote control. Retur justering är en självklarhet tillsammans med deras nya system Solo Air som gör det enkelt att ställa in fjädringen.

ULTIMATE EFFICIENCY FOR CROSS COUNTRY AND TRAIL.

Featuring a rock-solid lockout and a remote option, Ario offers a simple and light air spring design with the efficiency and responsiveness to keep you turning the pedals all day long.

Solo Air

An extremely durable spring system. The positive and negative air spring chambers are simultaneously filled to equal air pressures through a single Schrader valve, simplifying suspension setup while retaining the light weight and plush ride quality of Dual Air.

Weight 210g (.46 lbs)

Damping: Hydraulic with IFP, Remote Lockout

Rebound Damping External Rebound

Adjustment: Spring Solo Air Spring Adjust Spring via Air Pressure

Shaft Material: Aluminum Shaft Diameter 9mm

Body Material Hard Anodized Forged Aluminum

Body Diameter: 28mm

Options: Works with PushLoc or PopLoc remotes, Top or Bottom pull

Vivid dämparna har även de fått massor av updateringar på insidan som att du kan justera början och slutet av dämparens rörelse. Low speed compresion är bra att kunna ställa in så att baken inte nigger för mycket då du går in i en sväng. Den nya DropStop är enkelt en bottom out justering som du kan ställa in då du landar hårt. För 2011 så får man med den berömda The Hot Rod nålen som gör att dämparens karakter inte ska skilja sig från start till mål. Denna dämpare finns i 2 versioner.

 Vivid R2C

This sexy siren of downhill racing and freeride combines extreme durability with adjustments that matter when you’re going big. Laser-etched controls let you dial in beginning- and ending-stroke rebound as well as low-speed compression to make this shock fly through rock gardens just as smoothly as it absorbs a sudden drop in altitude—but when those drops happen, the adjustable DropStop bottom-out system will be there to cushion the landing.

Updates for Model Year 2011

• Hot Rod thermal-compensating needle for fade-free rebound force.

• Updated ending-stroke rebound control knob—now 90˚ architecture.

Specifications:

Weight 412g (.91 lbs)

Damping External Low-Speed Compression

Adjustment Rebound Damping Dual Flow Adjust, Beginning and

Ending Stroke Rebound Adjustment

Spring Steel Coil / 200 - 650lbs In 50 lbs Increments Available

Spring Adjust Spring via Preload, DropStop Bottom-Out System

Shaft Material 7075 Aluminum Shaft Diameter 12.7mm

Body Material Hard Anodized Forged Aluminum

Options Tunes based on Leverage Ratio

Technology:

DropStop
Bottom out adjustment at its finest. Our DropStop technologies control harsh bottoming out by ramping up the spring rate as the suspension nears full compression using either elastomer bumpers or air volume adjustment. Say goodbye to that harsh feel and awful “KER-thunk” sound on even the hardest of landings.

Dual Flow Adjust
Dual Flow Adjust has the effectiveness of Dual Flow’s independent damping circuits with the added control of externally adjustable beginning- and ending-stroke rebound. Tuning suspension to actively respond to successive small bumps as perfectly as it absorbs big drops has never been easier.

Fixed Coil
The coil spring is a simple, time-tested design with a smooth feel characterized by a linear spring curve.

Hot Rod
Your suspension should never fade before you do—that’s why we developed Hot Rod to build fade-free performance into the new Vivid Air and updated Vivid rear shocks. A RockShox-tuned thermoplastic resin core in the adjuster rod expands when your shock heats up, resulting in consistent rebound force no matter how long or aggressive the descent.

Vivid R2C