PivotвЂ™s CEO Chris Cocalis said, вЂњWith the tunes that we are running, the actual range of the damping adjusters was not as wide as we would like it to be. вЂњThe new architecture of the damper is much better at separating low, mid, and high speed, which in turn allows more control of the final ride quality of the shock and bike together,вЂќ said Matthew Cipes, MarinвЂ™s mountain bike product manager. I discussed the Float X with multiple brands, and they all agreed that the Float X is a better performing shock than the DPX2. вЂњBy going to a single tube, we were able to build in a much wider tuning range,вЂќ said FoxвЂ™s Estes. While the latter was a twin-tube damper, the Float X is a monotube design. The Float X employs a different damper architecture than the DPX2. This gives the rider 12 possible air-volume options (zero to -1.1 in 3).

They come in smaller increments (-0.1, -0.2, -0.4, -0.6, -0.8, -1.0 in 3),plus you can stack the -0.1 with one of the other spacers. Fox cooked up a new set of air volume spacers for the Float X. The next improvement is related to tuning and bottom outs. вЂњIt is a huge improvement for bottoming and opens up some doors on spring tuning since you donвЂ™t have to rely so much on spring ramp to avoid those hard bottom-out events,вЂќ said Chance Ferro of SpecializedвЂ™s suspension R&D department. The DPX2вЂ™s bottom-out bumper, such as it was, was a three-millimeter rubber O-ring. The DPX2вЂ™s maximum pressure is 350psi-some mental math says that 200+ pound riders ran into issues getting proper sag on bikes with higher initial leverage ratios and the DPX2 shock.ДЄnother significant improvement is the addition of a microcellular urethane (MCU) bottom-out bumper. IвЂ™m about 180-ish pounds (kitted to ride), and on some DPX2-equipped bikes, I was running 280psi to get proper (usually 30-percent) sag. According to Fox, this reduces the average air pressure required to support the rider by about 40 psi. The Float X has a larger air sleeve bore, and the air piston has more surface area. The Float X is larger and heavier than the DPX2: my scale says the Float X weighs about 70 grams more than the DPX2 (both shocks are 210x50mm with hardware for my Marin Rift Zone Carbon test sled).Д«ut larger was one of the main design goals. The DPX2 is/was a prevalent shock with tons of spec, which means youвЂ™ll soon see the Float X everywhere. The X2 remains FoxвЂ™s biggest and heaviest-duty air shock. Coincidentally, in 2018, the DPX2 replaced the then Float X. Reviving an old model name for a new shock, the 2022 Fox Float X replaces the Float DPX2, FoxвЂ™s medium-duty piggyback air shock. Matt Phillips What You Need To Know About the 2022 Fox Float X

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