RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock Reviews
Review score: 9.4/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £429.99 – Save 34% (RRP: £647)
Take a look now to discover what makes RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock worthy of a review score of 9.4 out of 10.
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RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock features
RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Logo Other Rear Shocks found with this Spec: 1 |
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Spec 2
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Size: 76mm Other Rear Shocks found with this Spec: 1 |
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Spec 3
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Option: Medium Rebound – Medium Compression Other Rear Shocks found with this Spec: 1 |
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Spec 4
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Length: 240mm Other Rear Shocks found with this Spec: 1 |
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Feature 1
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Weight: 530g , *Weight based on a 216x63mm without hardware Other Rear Shocks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Damping: External beginning stroke rebound, ending stroke rebound, low speed compression Other Rear Shocks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Configurations: 200×57, 216×63, 222×70, 240×76 Other Rear Shocks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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Spring adjust: Air pressure via single Schrader valve Other Rear Shocks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Spring: Twin Tube Solo Air Other Rear Shocks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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Shaft Material: 7075 Aluminum Other Rear Shocks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Body Material: Aluminum Other Rear Shocks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 8
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Finish: Hard Anodized Other Rear Shocks found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 9
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Other: Optional Decal Colors: White, Black Other Rear Shocks found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£429.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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4 |
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Review Score
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4 / 5 Average score in category: 4.5/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Rear Shocks. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock.
The first thing is material. Looking at what RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Rear Shocks. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Rear Shocks. Brands like RockShox are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Rear Shocks category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Rear Shocks.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £429.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Rear Shocks
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Rear Shocks.
We found 40 in the Rear Shocks category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £442.89, making it below average at £429.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Rear Shocks. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £739.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.49.
With 40 products available we worked out that 24 cost more than RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock and 15 were cheaper.
Cost of RockShox products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 45 products from RockShox, of which 3 were in the Rear Shocks category.
For now though we’re looking at RockShox branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £415.80 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest RockShox product we found was £14.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £1685.00.
Of the 45 from RockShox, 18 were more expensive than RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock and 26 were cheaper.
How much are RockShox Rear Shocks?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at RockShox products that are listed in the Rear Shocks category.
The average price of the 3 products that match this search was £226.03, with the cheapest coming in at £14.99 and highest price was £429.99. With the average being £226.03, RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock comes in above average.
0 products that meet this search were more expensive than RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock and 2 were cheaper.
RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.5 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Rear Shocks category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.5 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock or another similar product, like Manitou McLeod Rear Shock reviews or DVO Suspension Jade Rear Shock reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Rear Shocks.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Rear Shocks. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with RockShox, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.4/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010909719
- Product ID 2: 444594UK
- Brand: RockShox
- Model number: 00.4118.121.003
- RRP: £647
- EAN: 710845767760
- Description: RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear ShockTipping the scales 400 grams lighter than the Vivid Coil, the new Vivid Air is so obscenely light weight, its destined to give other downhill shocks a body image complex. But don’t let its trim waistline fool you. This is no lightweight. With an all-new air spring system, this shock was built to take on the toughest courses on the World Cup circuit, combining the consistent, supple feel of a coil shock, with the adjustability, tuning, and unparalleled weight savings of an air shock. The result? A shock that sets a new standard for downhill performance. Features:Weight: 530g , *Weight based on a 216x63mm without hardwareDamping: External beginning stroke rebound, ending stroke rebound, low speed compressionConfigurations: 200×57, 216×63, 222×70, 240x76Spring adjust: Air pressure via single Schrader valveSpring: Twin Tube Solo AirShaft Material: 7075 AluminumBody Material: AluminumFinish: Hard AnodizedOther: Optional Decal Colors: White, BlackTechnologies:Counter Measure Engineered For The Elite, the new Vivid conquers several once-thought-impossible engineering feats. Technologies like Counter Measure, which reduces the breakaway force of the shock to virtually zero pounds, transforming small bumps in to traction-generating performance.Buy RockShox Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Rear Shocks
- Savings percentage from RRP: 34%
- Size: 76mm
- Unisex
- 217.01
- Adult
Other options for Rear Shocks
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Rear Shocks. 40 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching RockShox Vivid Air R2C Rear Shock included,
DVO Suspension Topaz Air Rear Shock reviews, Fox Suspension Float DHX2 Factory Rear Shock 2018 reviews, or we really liked the look of Marzocchi Bomber CR Trunnion MTB Rear Shock 2021 reviews as another alternative.