Best rear shock for all mountain riding.

jon prothero
jon prothero Posts: 469
edited March 2008 in MTB buying advice
Is there a classic rear shock for all mountain riding That gives real benefits in performance. Like a Pike does to the front end. What are you finding real good?

Many thanks

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    no. as it depends ow frame and use. and i would not put the Pike in the classic range yet.

    what bike and use.
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  • jon prothero
    jon prothero Posts: 469
    meta 5.5 with a fox rp2. Anything likely to do a better job?
  • dirtbiker100
    dirtbiker100 Posts: 1,997
    i really wouldn't say so. you've got a nice shock there for sure.
  • jon prothero
    jon prothero Posts: 469
    I should play about with it a bit more to get the best out of the rp2
  • zero303
    zero303 Posts: 1,162
    I have an RP23 and now that I seem to have settled on one of o the three propedal settings meaning an RP2 might have done the job. The RP2 and RP23 are such a common choice on AM bikes and with good reason. Unless you're looking to start riding much bigger stuff stick with what you have (if you're riding so big you might need a harder coil based shock you might have bought the wrong bike anyway).
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    i would not be playing with it. Just set it up and have fun.

    Or do you have a particular problem with it that you have not mentioned?
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  • GrantyBoy
    GrantyBoy Posts: 166
    best thing you could do would be to send it off to Mojo or TF to get serviced and tuned to your weight and type of riding. Made a huge differance to my Fox
  • jon prothero
    jon prothero Posts: 469
    Yeah I think you have hit the nail on the head there 'grantboy' getting it serviced and fine tuned to my weight and type of riding seems the way to go. Mojo are litterally just down the road from me. It's expensive though but probally worth it to get the responce suited to each individual.

    Thanks
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Have you thought about get it PUSHd be TF?
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  • clarkson
    clarkson Posts: 1,641
    am having the rear shock on my GT tuned by mojo; im hoping it will make it slightly plusher. but i agree, it is expensive.
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  • jon prothero
    jon prothero Posts: 469
    I am tempted to save up and get a rp23 or wait untill a next year reduction. I mean I seen rp2 going new for the same price as it costs for a tunning and I would not mind so much if it needed the service. But they will not do the tunning without the service!
  • Spud Son
    Spud Son Posts: 48
    I had the std RP2 on my Reign frame PUSH'd by TF and it put the shock into the sweat-spot for me - well worth the money and week off the bike !
  • jon prothero
    jon prothero Posts: 469
    Thats good to hear spud son

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