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This is the bike industry, logic was never part of the equation

Please can we just get on with it? If you want to discuss the differences in bicycles and motorbikes please do that somewhere else.

I've owned a couple of Avy tuned shocks as well as the current Super Deluxe with HBO. With HBO you don't need to alter rebound since the HBO only kicks in during compression and doesn't add any spring energy. HBO feels smoother on large drops when you max out travel - like you're landing on a pillow; however as you point out the HBO on the Push is non-adjustable, so how well it will work on any given bike is unknown.

Is the rebound statement part your own theory or something you can back up? Because common theory of HBO is pretty clear in that it offers added rebound damping in the same part of the travel where it ads compression damping(it takes force to disengage cone from the cup), which is considered nice bonus when you get that deep into stroke.

avy no longer offers the SSD modification for the dh/x2s that have the externally adjustable stroke via the spacer/plate. the sv8 has a similar adjustment for stroke, but the spacers screw in under the bottom out bumper instead of the main shock body

Just looked at the full article, it's pretty much just like the newer DHX2's only on the eyelet end instead of the shock body. So a bit easier than the Bomber, and no need for shaft clamps.

Yeah IDK what Push's solution is but newer DHX2's are pretty easy with the 2-piece spacer - https://www.ridefox.com/fox17/help.php?m=bike&id=1100 On the Bomber (like pre-21 DHX2's) you'd just have to clamp the shaft, unscrew the rebound eyelet, insert spacer, and reinstalls eyelet. User adjustable as long as you have the right tools

didn't mean to infer that it was unique, but that it's not a feature available on any of the shocks that can be tuned by Avy to the best of my knowledge.

Also HBO. Usefulness depends on the bike, but in the right use case it's really nice to have.

That's not really unique though is it? It's just a spacer behind the bottom out bumper unless you're also changing eye-to-eye. Seems like it would mess with HBO though, I know the EXT should be rebuilt to adjust HBO if you change stroke.

the one thing this has over an avy tuned shock is the user adjustable stroke. 5mm isn't a lot, but its something.

and here at 9am pst, too https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/press-release/push-industries-releases-al…

https://www.unsprung.com.sg/collections/push-industries/products/sv8 Here it is.

They took it down; someone's getting a talking to rn...

I swapped elevensix for sveight in the URL... https://www.pushindustries.com/products/sveight

I've been calling regular bikes "Naturally asperated" for a couple years but it hasn't caught on yet.

I can only hope they offer this as a firmware update at some point in the future… or they will sweep it under the rug like did with the AXS derailleur battery contact wear issues and the large swath of AXS derailleurs that seemingly can only be adjusted to shift either the larger or smaller half of the cassette, but not both, that they quietly warranty for me every time without explanation. I’m on derailleur number 9 with this issue.