Late this year or early next year I'm buying a Propain Spindrift and custom painting it, adding maxxis minion skin wall tyres, sram xx1 eagle dub gold, fox float x2, fox 36 factory, magura mt7, industry nine torch and fox transfer kashima dropper
For light riders the x2 is strongly damped. Im running 28% of sag, 2 clicks of LSC but no HSC at all. The most important thing for me is HSR, running 9 clicks of that.
Hi again Jeff. I know you have lots of experience of the hd4. Did you ever try it out with a coil shock? Have heard that ibis does not recommend a FOX coil due to a long cleavis leding to too little bushing overlap. But what about other coils? Did you ever try, and in that case what's your take on this? I ride aggressive AM/Enduro doing a lot of pedalling in steep terrain. Been happy with the X2 until the last month when it developed som issues with air in the oil chamber two times in a short time… Considering a coil shock as an upgrade but can't find any info regarding this.
Hey Jeff, what’s the name of those grips on the bike in the back ground and let me know your thoughts on them please. I think I’ve seen PB’s review on them and I’m wanting to see if they are worth the extra cash. Thx
Dude your videos Rock! I just ordered a Mojo 3, it's a custom build from Jenson with the X2 shock. This kind of info is super helpful. Keep up the great work, cheers!
Yes,I am getting ready to put a 2018 X2 on my Santa Cruz 2018 model and I weigh 180lbs I ride in very rocky territory 10 foot drops and bike parks I have a Fox 36 factory float forks my question is what would I set my high speed compression and low speed at on the X2 I am running 2 volume spacers right now I ride super aggressively in most instants and at other times I do the urban ride with a lot of concrete steps,curbs,drops Ext.where would I set the blue and red adjustments at?Thank you
Nice work on the review; and with your bike skills your review I highly valuable. How firm is the pedal platform in comparison to the Fox 36 climb setting. Is it near lockout or just slightly firmer than open? Thanks!
Jeff, I've just subscribed to your channel. Amazing riding! I've just purchased an x2 and looking for help in dialling in the settings. Did you ever do the video showing how you set it up and your settings, that you mentioned in previous comments? Thanks
Hey Jeff! I ride in WA state, mainly tiger, swan creek and capitol forest. I am slightly on the heavy side (5'11", 205lb). I was looking to buy either the x2 or the coil version for my 2018 Nomad. Which one would you suggest? thank you man!
Hey Jeff! I'm getting close to clicking enter on the Ripmo, but have the budget for the base build. I'm a Clydesdale, and after watching your awesome review, I'm wondering if its worth the extra (almost) extra $300 upgrade for the X2 from the DPX2. Reason i'm asking is that because i'm a larger rider (~240#), your comments about benefits for larger riders intregued me. Thoughts? THANKS!
Great video. I have a fox float ctd kashima shock on my 27.5 intense carbine. I love the feel of the current shock but do you think this would be worth the upgrade?
I've been running the fox dpx2 on my HD4. I was a little hesitant to upgrade to the x2 fearing i would lose the poppy playfulness. After watching your vids and doing some more research I decided to pull the trigger! Keep up the good work on the channel. BTW your bike skills are ridiculous!!
I’ve got a 17 giant Reign advanced with stock fox float x2 with low compression tune. I weight 200lbs and have to pump to 250 psi with max vol spacers and it just touches30%. This makes it very firm but still goes through travel easy. If I revalve to medium tune would it make a difference in being able to put less psi to achieve sag. Some people have said to put in psi same as your weight but mines weight over….
hi can u tell me how "lockout" mechanism on this shock works? I saw in other vids that lockout leaver doesnt "click" into place like in other shocks instead u can move it freely and put exacly where u want. Does that mean u can precisely chose how much "lockout" u want ?
Great review! Would you mind sharing your specific setup for your X2? I love your style of riding and I am probably about the same size and weight as you. Would like to try how you have yours dialed in.
Greetings! may I ask you this one thing, my float x2's shaft is marked with black oil strips (you know: leakage). Should I get it serviced or is a no problemo? Don't really wanna service it if it doesn't need to. It's soo expensive with fox suspension…
Do you ever have an issues with this stock not cycling properly or going through all of its travel and then back out? I have this on my hd4 and my travel seems to be stuck and not cycling through to full travel. I live in fairly cold climate so I was thinking maybe it's just gummed up, but I have had it inide for a day now thinking it would spring back but with no luck so far
That is the one issue that I have had with many air shocks and forks, the absence of high speed compression. Not many have highly adjustable speed compression. Having that extra adjustment beyond just adjusting the air pressure makes a big difference.
Hi Jeff, Thanks for all the great videos and fun details. I have a Fox Float DPx2 on a new rig and I'm trying to educate myself more about rebound. I live in Phoenix and ride terrain that is quite chunky and rocky even on the single track. I am also about 193 lbs at 6' tall. With my rebound set in the middle, I'm get in stretches of descending where I feel like the front end is almost vibrating through all the bumps at high speed. Lots of chunky loose rocks on the trail here. Any recommendations on how to smooth out the flow on chunky/rocky trails? Thanks in advance for your advice.
So my bike came with this shock, it already has 3 volume reducers (which is max according by Fox). I set my sag to 30% (my weight and with my normal riding gear). I'm still able to manage to move the o ring on the suspension to the Katshima writing with medium hits. I'm worried if I start doing bigger jumps and drops, I will completely bottom out and ruin the shock or my bike.
I know I can air more air and set the sag to 25 or 20% but I don't want to stiffen it up unless there's no other alternative. Which should I do? Play with High speed compression?
Awesome video! I have the same rear shock and love it, but I set it up for the standard fox suggestions for my weight. I would like to play around with it, could you post how many clicks you have for your weight to compare it to the fox suggestions for your weight so I can sorta see how mine differs.
Super important question here. Where can I find that fender?
Late this year or early next year I'm buying a Propain Spindrift and custom painting it, adding maxxis minion skin wall tyres, sram xx1 eagle dub gold, fox float x2, fox 36 factory, magura mt7, industry nine torch and fox transfer kashima dropper
Love your videos!
Yes Jeff I have a question does this shock come in metric size 210 by 50 mm ?
For light riders the x2 is strongly damped. Im running 28% of sag, 2 clicks of LSC but no HSC at all. The most important thing for me is HSR, running 9 clicks of that.
Hi again Jeff.
I know you have lots of experience of the hd4. Did you ever try it out with a coil shock?
Have heard that ibis does not recommend a FOX coil due to a long cleavis leding to too little bushing overlap.
But what about other coils? Did you ever try, and in that case what's your take on this?
I ride aggressive AM/Enduro doing a lot of pedalling in steep terrain. Been happy with the X2 until the last month when it developed som issues with air in the oil chamber two times in a short time…
Considering a coil shock as an upgrade but can't find any info regarding this.
Hey Jeff, what’s the name of those grips on the bike in the back ground and let me know your thoughts on them please. I think I’ve seen PB’s review on them and I’m wanting to see if they are worth the extra cash. Thx
Dude your videos Rock! I just ordered a Mojo 3, it's a custom build from Jenson with the X2 shock. This kind of info is super helpful.
Keep up the great work, cheers!
Would it be good if i put it on the Btwin rockrider 540s?
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/rockrider-540s-full-suspension-mountain-bike-275-id_8379042.html
You should do, how to tune up fox x2
Yes,I am getting ready to put a 2018
X2 on my Santa Cruz 2018 model and I weigh 180lbs I ride in very rocky territory 10 foot drops and bike parks I have a Fox 36 factory float forks my question is what would I set my high speed compression and low speed at on the X2 I am running 2 volume spacers right now I ride super aggressively in most instants and at other times I do the urban ride with a lot of concrete steps,curbs,drops Ext.where would I set the blue and red adjustments at?Thank you
What is the diameter of the air chamber?
Is someone tried to check if possible to change the hardness when using climb switch on X2
Nice work on the review; and with your bike skills your review I highly valuable. How firm is the pedal platform in comparison to the Fox 36 climb setting. Is it near lockout or just slightly firmer than open? Thanks!
Jeff, I've just subscribed to your channel. Amazing riding! I've just purchased an x2 and looking for help in dialling in the settings. Did you ever do the video showing how you set it up and your settings, that you mentioned in previous comments? Thanks
Hey Jeff! I ride in WA state, mainly tiger, swan creek and capitol forest. I am slightly on the heavy side (5'11", 205lb). I was looking to buy either the x2 or the coil version for my 2018 Nomad. Which one would you suggest? thank you man!
Hey Jeff! I'm getting close to clicking enter on the Ripmo, but have the budget for the base build. I'm a Clydesdale, and after watching your awesome review, I'm wondering if its worth the extra (almost) extra $300 upgrade for the X2 from the DPX2. Reason i'm asking is that because i'm a larger rider (~240#), your comments about benefits for larger riders intregued me. Thoughts? THANKS!
A little off topic. But where did you get that awesome mudguard! Thanks in advance lol love the channel by the way! Keep rippin!
Great video. I have a fox float ctd kashima shock on my 27.5 intense carbine. I love the feel of the current shock but do you think this would be worth the upgrade?
I've been running the fox dpx2 on my HD4. I was a little hesitant to upgrade to the x2 fearing i would lose the poppy playfulness. After watching your vids and doing some more research I decided to pull the trigger! Keep up the good work on the channel. BTW your bike skills are ridiculous!!
have you tried the cane creek shock with your ibis mojo 3 and/or hd4?
Great review!!! I’ve been on the fence about this shock and your feedback is awesome!
I’ve got a 17 giant Reign advanced with stock fox float x2 with low compression tune. I weight 200lbs and have to pump to 250 psi with max vol spacers and it just touches30%. This makes it very firm but still goes through travel easy. If I revalve to medium tune would it make a difference in being able to put less psi to achieve sag. Some people have said to put in psi same as your weight but mines weight over….
hi can u tell me how "lockout" mechanism on this shock works? I saw in other vids that lockout leaver doesnt "click" into place like in other shocks instead u can move it freely and put exacly where u want. Does that mean u can precisely chose how much "lockout" u want ?
Great review and awesome riding! Keep up the good work.
Great review! Would you mind sharing your specific setup for your X2? I love your style of riding and I am probably about the same size and weight as you. Would like to try how you have yours dialed in.
“Someone more aggressive….” 😂 that made me laugh.
Greetings!
may I ask you this one thing, my float x2's shaft is marked with black oil strips (you know: leakage). Should I get it serviced or is a no problemo? Don't really wanna service it if it doesn't need to. It's soo expensive with fox suspension…
thank you sir!
Nicely done
Do you ever have an issues with this stock not cycling properly or going through all of its travel and then back out? I have this on my hd4 and my travel seems to be stuck and not cycling through to full travel. I live in fairly cold climate so I was thinking maybe it's just gummed up, but I have had it inide for a day now thinking it would spring back but with no luck so far
Awesome to see your video made it on the GMBN dirt shed show today
That is the one issue that I have had with many air shocks and forks, the absence of high speed compression. Not many have highly adjustable speed compression. Having that extra adjustment beyond just adjusting the air pressure makes a big difference.
What are LSC/HSC/LSR/HSR shock and fork settings?
Thx. Love your channel.
Hi Jeff, Thanks for all the great videos and fun details. I have a Fox Float DPx2 on a new rig and I'm trying to educate myself more about rebound. I live in Phoenix and ride terrain that is quite chunky and rocky even on the single track. I am also about 193 lbs at 6' tall. With my rebound set in the middle, I'm get in stretches of descending where I feel like the front end is almost vibrating through all the bumps at high speed. Lots of chunky loose rocks on the trail here. Any recommendations on how to smooth out the flow on chunky/rocky trails? Thanks in advance for your advice.
Great video, Jeff. Would you be able to show on the bike itself?
Bs-free explanation of high speed low speed. 👍
So my bike came with this shock, it already has 3 volume reducers (which is max according by Fox). I set my sag to 30% (my weight and with my normal riding gear). I'm still able to manage to move the o ring on the suspension to the Katshima writing with medium hits. I'm worried if I start doing bigger jumps and drops, I will completely bottom out and ruin the shock or my bike.
I know I can air more air and set the sag to 25 or 20% but I don't want to stiffen it up unless there's no other alternative. Which should I do? Play with High speed compression?
Awesome video! I have the same rear shock and love it, but I set it up for the standard fox suggestions for my weight. I would like to play around with it, could you post how many clicks you have for your weight to compare it to the fox suggestions for your weight so I can sorta see how mine differs.
Hey Jeff, have you ridden the DPX2 on any bikes? Curious how different the performance felt with less adjustability
probably the best explanation for high/low speed rebound and compression that I've come across. Thanks man!