Rear Shock Shootout

Smoking deals on Mara Pros right now: https://hayesbicycle.com/products/ma...32139543380013

Mara Pro is a fantastic shock. Hayes used to sponsor my kid so I'm unabashedly biased towards Hayes products, but a number of folks here are running Mara Pros with universal praise.

edit: Whoops, just saw your shock size hidden in text. Looks like that one is out of stock, bummer.

i was thinking about a mara and have seen a couple used for fairly cheap. looking at reviews (blister mainly) it seems like the older version isn't that great due to the equalization? but then looking at mtbr people prefer the older one? can't really make much sense of them if anybody has feedback, love my mattoc and have heard their praises for everything else


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Mine is from 2020, love it.

Yup. Lyrik on mine, and I`m very happy. Charger 3s are - to me - a lot smoother than Charger 2.1. If bying used, that is.
As I mentioned; no reason to make the front even more capable than the rear. I have a hard time seeing anybody pushing a Lyrik beyond its capabilites, without the rear becoming more of a challenge

Love my 2022ish Mara pro. I am 205 with gear which is where supposedly the equalization issue becomes a thing, but it is not a problem. I think at higher weights and psi you will run less sag then you would expect and need to tinker a few psi at a time to dial it in, but it is still plenty plush off the top and then better in every other way than the x2 it replaced.

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Epic evo 8 looks to have a roughly similar leverage ratio to the ranger. If you can find something that came off of one of those, I bet it'll feel decent.


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Thanks Toast


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I'm thinking of replacing the fox shock on my Gen 1 Ripmo (210x55) with super deluxe ultimate if they go on sale this fall. Any one have experience or other ideas?

^ I have a 210x55 Cane Creek Kitsuma Air I could get rid of. It was rebuilt at BTI last summer and I only got to ride it a few hours before breaking the frame it went on, has been sitting since then.

I do have 2 shocks in your size.
Mara Pro Gen1 (cheap) and EXT Aria (very expensive). Mara Pro MK1 is seriously underrated, couldn't make MK2 work, although the bike had very weird kinematics (Propain Hugene).

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How about faves in the inline single chamber shock world, always curious if something better than my deluxe ultimate from 22 for my light weight stumpy, anyone try the new deluxe ultimate? Cc? Ohlins