The brand new PUSH SV8 coil shock departs from their ELEVENsix mannequin with a simplified, extra reasonably priced design to offer extra riders a critical improve possibility. The place their prime stage shocks use two impartial damping valves, letting riders swap between two distinct tunes on the fly, the SV8 will get only one.
Nevertheless it has an enormous vary of adjustability and all the identical tech, delivering the premium efficiency PUSH is thought for at little greater than half the value. It’s not nearly being extra reasonably priced, although, it additionally has a extra conventional piggy-back shock form to suit extra frames.
It will get a wider vary of damping changes than the dual-valve mannequin. The SV8 has 28 clicks every for each high- and low-speed compression damping, plus 18 clicks of low-speed rebound adjustment.
Inside is their Hydraulic Backside Out, which quickly decelerates compression over the past 15% of journey to keep away from a tough backside out. It really works by directing a smaller piston head right into a smaller cylinder, making a separate “mini” air spring that ramps actually laborious, actually quick.
The SV8 additionally will get their Person Adjustable Stroke, providing three completely different stroke settings (in 2.5mm increments) from a single shock. This makes it simple to swap between comparable bikes, and even play with the journey by yourself bike in the event you don’t thoughts the ensuing geometry modifications.
It’s constructed to deal with the additional stresses from heavier e-MTBs, too. The high-strength metal shaft combines with outsized shaft eyelets to scale back flex below lateral hundreds introduced by some linkage designs.
PUSH SV8 specs listing:
- 25 Clicks of Exterior Low-Pace Compression Adjustment
- 25 Clicks of Exterior Excessive-Pace Compression Adjustment
- 18 Clicks of Exterior Low Pace Rebound Adjustment
- 3 Port Bridged Progressive Damping Piston
- Low-Strain Reservoir System (95psi)
- Motorex 3D Response Know-how Shock Oil
- Unbiased Hydraulic Backside Out Piston
- Normal Eyelet and Trunnion Mount, metric sizes solely
- Normal 15mm (0.594”) eyelets w/ 12.7mm (0.5”) DU bushings & 5pc
{hardware} - Melonite QPQ high-strength metal shaft for Yoke Mount and E-MTB compatibility
Like all of their suspension elements, the PUSH SV8 is made in-house in Colorado and comes with a totally transferrable lifetime guarantee so long as you carry out the annual service checks (Mainly it’s a one-year guarantee that begins over with every annual service).
MSRP is $865 for the damper, plus $95 for whichever PUSH Hypercoil spring you want to your bike and weight. Mounting kits are $20. It’s additionally suitable with any aftermarket coil spring with a 35mm inside diameter.
