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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RPG" data-source="post: 513419" data-attributes="member: 1155">I've had the opportunity to speak with the op and he has one of the better understanding of shocks and how they are behaving when I compare his statements to most people I speak with.  Your statement about not having one shock do it all is true to some degree.  The majority of shocks available don't allow the the shock to be tuned in different ride zones because they are basically the same throughout the entire stroke of travel.  This is where bypass technology comes in.  Through the use of bypass ports you can tune a shock to ride smooth and compliant in the effective ride zone, yet also have the ability to ramp up compression when needed in the bump zone.  As the piston passes the the compression ports, the high pressure zone is engaged and offers over 1000 pounds of force to control extreme bottoming regardless of spring. All of this can be had without having to choke off fluid flow to the reservoir via compression adjuster which generates extreme high pressures and increases heat, which is a shocks worst enemy.  At this time the shock is also capable of slowly releasing the piston into droop travel and back into the ride zone where typical forces are only around 250 pounds resulting in a soft and spongy ride.  When you take the soft ride zone, and couple it with a soft spring, you have great low speed control of stutter bumps and pot holes type hits.  When the shock droops back out and cycles through again, it will have the forces needed to control the energy because of the high pressure zone created on full extension As I said earlier, with bypass technology you don't just have compression port control, but rebound as well which is equally important.  You can tune the shock to hold up and softly release the energy from the spring.  You can tune it to control the force at full extension so it reduces how harsh the piston wants to pull out of the shock body.  By understanding how the bypass ports are used, placed and shimmed, you can create a shock that is capable of handling all the different terrain that is offered.  This is why this discussion about high speed and low speed control rarely gets brought up when the topic is rear shocks.  The reason, all three of the big companies run bypass technology in the rear.Another thing that barely gets mentioned is piston flow characteristics and how this effects overall ride.  Fox for example has both a low flow or high flow piston that allows the shock tuner to further hone in on the ideal setup.  Jarrett</blockquote>

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