FOX Shock Spotted on Loris Vergier's Bike 7

LSR looks like it has been moved from the bridge back to the other end of the shock, so I'm guessing that means this shock might use a mid-valve style piston (similar to Vivid RC2) rather than the 'push-pull' design of the X2. Compression valve looks larger, wonder if they're moving away from the shim-less design of the current shock? Looks a lot more refined than the X2 did when it first showed up in proto form.

larger compression valve might be to improve flow rates? better heat dissipation? little bit of both?

How much oil flows depends on how much is displaced, so that would have more to do with the shaft diameter relative to oil volume. Changing the size of the valve ports could make it flow more easily by increasing the surface area of whatever it is pushing against (shims or valve seat) but it won’t increase how much oil is flowing. Maybe that’s what you meant and I’ve just got my suspension jargon wrong? This wouldn’t necessarily require changing the overall size of the valve assembly so I’m curious to hear if it’s a totally new design, just a bit larger, both, and why. Anything more than the basics of shock design is way, way over my head but my inner geek still enjoys reading about it.

that's kinda what i meant that the increased diameter would allow it to flow more easily, maybe to allow for better fine tuning? i dunno. I too probably wasn't using the correct jargon either. i definitely enjoy geeking out on this stuff too. this looks more like a refinement of the existing design rather than something all new from the ground up, but we'll see once they release details on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXdsuxZTsyk

we already saw that before

the hardware doesn't look like it came from fox

Someone dip a Q-tip in oil and coat that shock bolt with some love