It has the three-position open / medium / firm lever, and single adjustable rebound knob like the DPS. The DPX2 splits the difference between the Float X2 and the DPS. That’s essentially the same damper as the DHX2. On the other end of the adjustment spectrum is the Float X2, which has independently adjustable high and low-speed compression, as well as high and low-speed rebound. So basically, with those shocks, you can make some macro level changes depending on whether you’re riding uphill or downhill, and you can do a little bit of tweaking to dial in the open mode, but on the whole the shocks aren’t overly adjustable. The current Float DPS shocks and the older Float X shock have a three-position lever (open / medium / firm) and then an additional three-position knob that adjusts low-speed compression in the open mode. Perhaps the most important visible feature of the DPX2 is that it’s more adjustable than the Float X. The DPX2 does everything it can to afford as much space as possible while still offering the ride qualities of a piggyback shock.
the Yeti SB5.5) because there isn’t enough real estate inside the front triangle. There are plenty of bikes that don’t have water bottle mounts, or sometimes don’t even offer a size Small (e.g. There’s more room on both ends of the piggyback, which might not seem like a big deal until you’re trying to cram a piggyback shock along with a water bottle into a size Small front triangle. So what does the DPX2 bring to the table to improve upon the Float X design?įor starters, the shape is slimmed down. The Fox Float X was a solid unit - I rode that shock on a number of different bikes and got along with it pretty well.
So I bolted up the DPX2 to see how it fared on a bike with a suspension design that’s notoriously fussy. In stock form, that bike came with a Rockshox Monarch, and as I noted in my review, I struggled a little bit to get the suspension dialed to my liking. I spent a few months with the DPX2 bolted to a Santa Cruz Hightower. You’ll likely see DPX2’s spec’d on quite a few bikes with ~150 mm travel. This was a spot previously filled by the Float X, but the DPX2 sees a whole bunch of changes and improvements that make it a prime choice for the “All Mountain” category of bikes. Test Location: Montana & British Columbiaįox introduced the Float DPX2 rear shock last year to fill the niche between the more Downhill-oriented Float X2 shock, and the more Trail-oriented DPS shock.