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 several methods…
2025 Rockshox Tremendous Deluxe
The brand new Tremendous Deluxe damping circuit and changes mirror the forks’ Charger 3.1 updates. The oil movement path via the low-speed compression circuit is extra open, permitting extra movement for much less general damping.
This makes it smoother and sooner on little stuff, however with an elevated adjustment vary so you possibly can tune it to match the fork…and your terrain and using fashion. 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 comparable, and use their Trailhead app to get issues dialed.
A lighter rebound shim accelerates 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 optionally available Hydraulic Backside Out helps sluggish issues down within the final 20% of journey to forestall harsh backside outs, which is useful for bikes with out a lot of a ramp on the finish of their journey.
MSRP is $599-$629, claimed weight is 458g. Varied Choose+, Choose, and base fashions additionally accessible for OE, so you could discover some with out the exterior compression changes approaching bikes. However the Final model is the one one accessible aftermarket.
Upgrades & mods galore
Need to tune it additional? Or improve your current 2023+ Tremendous Deluxe? You’ve bought choices. For current Tremendous Deluxe homeowners, you will get the brand new higher-flow compression circuit (plus a required shim package) to provide 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 possibly can add that, too with the RC2T Final Reservoir Improve ($230), which additionally suits 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 optimistic air quantity that’s extra supple initially of journey. Right here’s the way it compares to the opposite two air can choices:
And it suits as much as eight bottomless tokens for a variety of adjustability. The one fitment limitation is that the Linear XL air can received’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 initially of the stroke to deal with the small stuff, then extra supportive via the center and finish. And adjustable HBO (hydraulic backside out) permits you to high-quality 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 mainly used up once you’re at sag, however once 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 subsequent 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 surface, a brand new stroke-dependent coil backside out bumper softens the blow once you do attain full compression, however received’t stop you from getting there.
It’s accessible in two variations, Vivid Final RC2T (common) and Vivid Final DH RC2, the latter dropping the Threshold lockout lever since you’re not pedaling your DH bike up something. Springs can be found in black or crimson ($39) in weights from 350lbs to 900lbs in all strokes and lengths, and all coils match the Vivid, Deluxe, and Tremendous Deluxe coil shocks.
