Similar to the brand new Charger 3.1 dampers for his or her forks, the 2025 Rockshox Tremendous Deluxe and Vivid Coil shocks get up to date compression damping circuits for extra tunability and management. However they do it in numerous methods…
2025 Rockshox Tremendous Deluxe
The brand new Tremendous Deluxe damping circuit and changes mirror the forks’ Charger 3.1 updates. The oil stream path via the low-speed compression circuit is extra open, permitting extra stream for much less general damping.
This makes it smoother and sooner on little stuff, however with an elevated adjustment vary so you may tune it to match the fork…and your terrain and driving type. Every click on has a extra dramatic impact on suspension efficiency, so it’s simpler to inform what’s modified. Pair it with the forks to maintain entrance and rear feeling related, and use their Trailhead app to get issues dialed.
A lighter rebound shim quickens the transition from compression to rebound, so the shock can swap instructions extra rapidly. Translation: Fewer hangups in technical terrain.
The Tremendous Deluxe Final will get all this with the RC2T model with exterior LSR, HSC, and LSC, plus a “Threshold” lockout lever to agency issues up for climbing. An non-compulsory Hydraulic Backside Out helps sluggish issues down within the final 20% of journey to stop harsh backside outs, which is helpful for bikes with out a lot of a ramp on the finish of their journey.
MSRP is $599-$629, claimed weight is 458g. Numerous Choose+, Choose, and base fashions additionally obtainable for OE, so you could discover some with out the exterior compression changes approaching bikes. However the Final model is the one one obtainable aftermarket.
Upgrades & mods galore
Wish to tune it additional? Or improve your present 2023+ Tremendous Deluxe? You’ve acquired choices. For present Tremendous Deluxe homeowners, you may get the brand new higher-flow compression circuit (plus a required shim package) to offer your shock the softer compression damping. The RC2T exterior reservoir with the damping changes doesn’t change, so so long as your shock has that, you’re good to go.
But when it doesn’t, you may add that, too with the RC2T Final Reservoir Improve ($230), which additionally matches Tremendous Deluxe Coil, and Vivid Air and Coil shocks, too.
The brand new DebonAir+ Linear XL air canister ($97) will get it nearer than ever to the texture of a coil shock, with a bigger constructive air quantity that’s extra supple originally of journey. Right here’s the way it compares to the opposite two air can choices:
And it matches as much as eight bottomless tokens for a variety of adjustability. The one fitment limitation is that the Linear XL air can gained’t match on Flight Attendant-equipped Tremendous Deluxe rear shocks.
2025 Rockshox Vivid Coil
The 2025 Vivid Coil will get a brand new position-sensitive damping system known as TouchDown. It’s extra delicate originally of the stroke to deal with the small stuff, then extra supportive via the center and finish. And adjustable HBO (hydraulic backside out) helps you to superb tune the quantity of anti-bottom out help it has within the final 20% of its journey.
It does this by bypassing the compression damping altogether for the primary 10% of its journey. That is principally used up whenever you’re at sag, however whenever you’re ripping via tough terrain and the rear suspension is getting full extension, it’s serving to that first bit take full benefit of a coil shock’s inherent sensitivity.
The following 70% of your journey is managed like regular with correct (and adjustable on some fashions) compression damping, then the final 20% will get the added help of the adjustable backside out damping.
On the skin, a brand new stroke-dependent coil backside out bumper softens the blow whenever you do attain full compression, however gained’t stop you from getting there.
It’s obtainable in two variations, Vivid Final RC2T (common) and Vivid Final DH RC2, the latter shedding the Threshold lockout lever since you’re not pedaling your DH bike up something. Springs can be found in black or purple ($39) in weights from 350lbs to 900lbs in all strokes and lengths, and all coils match the Vivid, Deluxe, and Tremendous Deluxe coil shocks.
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