Fox Jumps into the Electronic Suspension Game with 'NEO' - A New Era of Control?

Dario takes a look at the new Fox Neo electronic suspension system, and compares it head to head to Rockshox's Flight Attendant system.
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[@MrScart35]

Price: $949-999 USD for shocks, + $399 for sensors. Who is asking for this stuff?

[@branna8829]

Literally no one in their right mind.

[@troycifer42]

Why dentist and doctors. That's pocket change to them.

[@randommtbridr]

Racers maybe

[@joedesimone1444]

Probably very few. They built it because they can not because it is greatly needed. It's the classic technology scenario "a solution looking for a problem".

[@SavageAudits]

Kooks, poseurs, etc....

[@jokermtb]

I've never found myself during a ride thinking "I wish my fork and shock had on the fly damping alteration"......that hill you hate to climb still suxx even with this fancy tech.

[@antoinedoinell]

Ok fine. make the mechanical stuff cheaper then.

[@mikegeddie2263]

😂😂 I wouldn’t hold my breath. Especially for sram

[@scottmeredith3359]

Yesss, just what I need on my motorized electric mountain bike to go with my wireless drivetrain, I hope it has a special app to go with it and I have to charge it too. Can I sync it with Strava so I can show the bros my shock telemetry from every ride?? Man, how did even enjoy mountain biking twenty years ago 🤦‍♂️

[@artvandelay1720]

This kind of thing is for racers chasing a 1% performance improvement. The same kind of person that buys an XTR cassette. If you stop caring about weight savings and marginal gains, you'll save thousands and it'll still be equally fun.

[@nathantoney.1501]

Don’t forget to get the sidekick wheels too

[@koopatrpa]

what happens if you wheel drop off a skinny. The fork doesn't hit first, so do you end up landing on a locked out shock?

[@pinkbike]

Good questions! It has freefall detection to curb this issue.

[@ridemx323]

Rather have reliable and easy to service suspension. Without special tools.

[@Onlydansmtb]

Thanks but il stick with a climb lever ...

[@ioliveira]

No, I can't ride today because I forgot to charge my derailleur/shifter/dropper/shock/fork. Wireless brakes coming soon apparently.

[@supachill1]

Meh, I’m waiting for Laser suspension.

[@gdosiu]

NEOs DHX will probably break like DHX2 on the old Stumpjumper.... 🙄😂

[@fabianhelle6001]

Most coils will snap on an yoke like the old stumpjumper

[@ricatkd]

It's been a while since I MTB; feels like the industry is out of attractive ideas to squeeze money out of customers. This doesn´t feel like fun.

[@danielreynolds5012]

Acuity ... that's fun to say!!

[@mazditzo]

Can't wait for wireless brake system yihaaa

[@darkness789]

This system makes sense ten years ago when peddle efficiency sucked but now bikes are so good you should never be using the lockout

[@cameronlowry7599]

What happens if you're hitting jumps? I'd like to see a Sam pilgrim mode lol.

[@AfroBob420]

this is the best mode or stairs of doom!

[@roqclimber]

I'm not sure I like my Bike being Smarter than I am. It might go riding without me!

[@Surestick88]

How do these sensors handle the heat from a set of absolutely roasted brakes? Electronics generally don't like heat and lithium batteries can get spicy.

[@pkvillager]

All I'd like is an electronic bar mounted shock/fork lockout button with no sensors but that would still be too expensive. I like the idea of the Neo system and its more appealing to me than Flight Attendant, but both are insanely expensive, and I'll never get either one.

[@nathantoney.1501]

My guess is there will possibly be dramatically less efficient (pedaling) suspension designs coming that might put the sidekick hub and neo to good use.

[@Emtbtoday]

Just watched the new Flaot X version before this cool to see it in coil have they done an X2 version?

[@JohnFinelli-wl3di]

Dario ,What Conti combo tires you running?

[@ej4796]

Hey Dario, what knee pads do you use?

[@Steve-r3g]

I can see the top 1% of competitive racers benefiting from these. And there will always be those who love cool new gadgets. But I vote for simpler bikes with manual suspension tuning and no batteries. The last thing I want to do is pull out my phone to adjust my suspension settings during my mountain bike ride. I'm out there to commune with Nature, not a phone app.

[@chiefsilverback]

If the unit fails does it default to open or closed?

[@me987651234]

So as you go up the lip of a jump the shock is going to think it's going uphill and lock itself. This could go very badly wrong!

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Who has money for this?!?! It's so tight here that I had to make compromises on tires and skip new riding gear this year.

[@pernyberg2816]

An actual nice thing to all this "smart"-nonesense would be a dropper that can go both up and down by the push of a button...or two.

[@chriswilliams1944]

Don’t know how much difference it’ll make to a DH bike, but electronic suspension made a huge difference to my motorcycle handling. Even compared to the good setup I had before (properly tuned progressive fork, Ohlin TTX rear).

[@GabrielRueeger]

Interesting, but I prefer to have less electronics and high chances for self repair. Not sure who will benefit from that tec.

[@yyams]

Crazy cool, clever as fuck, but i'm out when a bike has electric shifting... less is more. Unless it's an ebike, I don't want a single battery on my bike.

[@gazyates5228]

Think I would just prefer a wireless bar control so I can click in to firm mode save reaching down to the shock trying to switch that fiddley little leaver .

[@TeamCykelhold]

cool cool...but I just want stuff that works well all the time (doesn't blow seals) and isn't too expensive and is easy to service and has parts easily available and is easy to tune. You can keep all the electronic stuff for the dentists.

[@michaelcuddihee6754]

super cool!

[@AfroBob420]

can i make me wireless so i dont have to go out in the dirt and control my bike cozy out of my bed ? like VR with Motion

[@jokermtb]

Soooo......50 hour service and 200 hour service? What are we in for?

[@LucasMillerMTB]

If they release it for the Dhx2 I will buy it for my DH race bike. Especially living in the Midwest where we have a lot of mellow downhills, an adaptive lockout would be ideal for this. We have fast chunk, but we often have to pedal a fair amount to keep speed between sections.

[@hein_mcleod]

I would love a shock like this but the prices are just insane. There will be people who can afford it but geez, all this kit is becoming unobtainium for the average shredded...

[@Coolcmsc]

Seriously, get some high end coaching. For $1000 of coaching you’ll be able to ride a shopping trolly down the Fortwilliam DH track - not joking.

[@doughboi007]

$1500 for rear suspension only is just ridiculous. Only 1% of mtb riders will ever actually need this.

[@jacolovesbeer]

For pro racers and if I win the lottery, I won't tell you but you will see things appearing on my bike.

[@087pro]

No, i wont used it at that price. Maybe when is an add on that cost 25 usd extra

[@KlintonSilvey]

The best thing about this is you don't have to have it for your fork!

[@francisdee9955]

Still dont want electronics on my bike

[@arjenvangeffen2509]

I'll buy this and never charge the battery

[@ssjj9584]

Almost 3k just for the suspension on your bike? Even if no one buys it when this build is on bike brand websites for 18k it makes a 7-8k bike more attractive. You can make a 3k pair of running shoes. But it’s still just a pair of shoes that you can going running with for 60 bucks.

[@jonathanhowson6420]

No thank you. The only electronic thing I want on my bikes are lights so I can keep riding in the winter months. I ride mtbs to get away from all the electronic crap.

[@cortarelva]

Great more useless stuff to make mountain biking more expensive to afford for regular people. And they wonder why MTB is wanning in popularity.

[@JustSayNotoGravel]

Yet another expensive solution-waiting-for-a problem.

[@Evo836]

Bikes are getting far too expensive so all this electronic reinvent the wheel stuff. Seatpost shock fork derailleur their's $5000

[@BasicBodThor]

No

[@nathantoney.1501]

Nah

[@PaulWalkerFan69RIP]

Nope

[@moozeex1]

When we will get Ebikes that can ride themselves without me so I won't need to go to the trails anymore ??? You know...Like some sort self autonomus bike that could ride itself to the trails, take some selfies and riding data for my Garmin, post it on Insta and then come back and self charge in the garage.Oh and I do not mind the price Bicause my family owns all the Banks and ellite pedo cults so i can get Gorillion dollars EASY BLACK MAILING THEM

[@MrToadization]

😂

[@Emtbtoday]

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