Rock Shox is introducing the Charger 3 damper for the Pike, Lyrik and Zeb forks. This has a completely new Internal Floating Piston (IFP) design, which is intended to provide even better response and improved consistency throughout the entire suspension travel. Fully independent adjustment of the High Speed and Low Speed Compression settings is now also possible.

What does butter have to do with forks?

The Ultimate version of the forks above uses so-called butter cups - you could also say small rubber buffers. These are there to filter out 20 percent of the high-frequency vibrations from impacts on fast sections with roots and rocks. This significantly reduces hand and arm fatigue.

The DebonAir+ air spring continues to offer butter-soft response and more support throughout the entire suspension travel. So-called Pressure Relief Valves - or pressure relief valves - are now installed to eliminate the unwanted build-up of air pressure in the dip tube unit caused by fluctuations in altitude or temperature. The pressure relief valves are fitted as standard on the Ultimate and can be retrofitted to the other series.

More adjustment options

Rock Shox has also worked on the dampers: On the RC2T damper, the mutual interference between high-speed and low-speed compression has been eliminated thanks to state-of-the-art valve technology.

The DebonAir+ air spring maximizes the fine-tuning potential and makes it possible to adjust both the negative and positive air volume. The adjustable, so-called Hydraulic Bottom Out reduces the oil flow in the last 20 percent of the spring travel and offers a soft hydraulic damping system that prevents hard bottoming out and is installed in Super Deluxe Coil shocks.

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