Keep in mind all these 2025 Rockshox fork and shock updates from final week? Now you will get them with Flight Attendant digital suspension controls.
Earlier this yr, Rockshox made a number of updates to Flight Attendant, letting it pull knowledge from extra sensors on the bike, together with the AXS ecosystem of shifters, derailleurs, and energy meters, to higher perceive the way you’re using your bike. It makes use of that knowledge to study, after which customizes the suspension’s efficiency primarily based in your using type, shifting and pedaling habits, and the terrain.
All of these updates have been first used on their XC merchandise (SID and SIDluxe), however now they’re including them to their full lineup of top-level path and enduro forks and shocks.
It really works the identical, studying out of your using, robotically altering your compression damping settings between Agency, Pedal, and Open modes. So, it’s extra than simply “open or closed”, it’s really utilizing all three modes, and might modify the fork and shock independently for much more granular management.
You may also tune its bump tolerance, telling it to be kind of reactive to impacts, or simply manually management the modes along with your AXS shifter/dropper lever.
Along with the XC merchandise, Flight Attendant is now obtainable on:
- Pike – 1,960g – $1,499 (29″, 140mm journey)
- Lyrik – 2,100g – $1,549 (29″, 160mm journey)
- ZEB – 2,450g – $1,599 (29″, 170mm journey)
- Tremendous Deluxe – 569g – $949
- Vivid Air – 780g – OE solely
- Vivid Coil – 960g – OE solely
Restricted improve choices for rear shocks are supplied for choose Specialised, Trek, Santa Cruz, and Yeti fashions to start out. You’ll want at the very least a fork and pedal sensor (standalone spindle-based mannequin or Quarq powermeter spider) to make it work, but it surely will get higher whenever you add it to a full AXS-equipped bike with a Quarq powermeter.
When you can improve 2023 and newer Pike, Lyrik & ZEB forks to have Flight Attendant, there aren’t any improve kits to transform your current rear shocks so as to add Flight Attendant to them. Aftermarket forks are bought with the journey listed above, however aftermarket journey adjustment/air spring kits can be found individually.
