So who keeps a spare rear shock ??

I keep a spare hardtail.

I kept the one I upgraded from, it’s worth more to me as a working spare than I could get selling it.

I kept the one I upgraded from, it’s worth more to me as a working spare than I could get selling it.

What he said ^_^

Used to, now I just have a spare bike though.

I have a spare shock for the Trek, along with a spare Specialized Status 160.

I haven’t in the past deliberately - but when I’ve upgraded from standard shock to new one I’ve kept the old one. In the most recent 2 bikes I’ve had one coil shock and one air shock and I’ve quite liked switching them about from time to time.

I do also have a hardtail for different kinds of rides to the full suspension bike - and that way I’ve generally always got one bike working.

Spare bikes and shocks from upgrades.
Reminds me I really should sell some spares off again.

I do, spare shocks, forks, wheels etc that I usually pick up cheap on eBay. Sometimes they go into a new build, or get sold back on. Sounds like a lot but most of our bikes share parts.

Why are you particularly worried about the shock?
Do you also have spare forks, wheels, brakes, frame...? Actually, you could probably just bolt them all together🤷‍♂️

I’ve done the opposite to a lot of the answers here and sold the air shock that came with the frame to finance an upgrade to a coil.

With a previous frame I brought a beaten up old xfusion shock for £30 from the pinkbike buy/sell to keep me rolling when mine needed to go for a warranty repair.

As above I have a N+1

But I do have both air and coil for my main bike .. 2 minute job
Big day coil bike and air for the hike a bike days

Yeah, but it's the older one that came off, is due a service, was never great anyway but useful as a spare.

I have spare wheels ,forks and brakes etc but they were what I upgraded from so not great and probably need servicing
I have a steel hardtail but as my back has popped for the 3rd time this year I've not been on it much hence wanting to keep the full sus operational

I kept the one I upgraded from, it’s worth more to me as a working spare than I could get selling it.

^^^ also what he says. I'm likely to put the original shocks back on if I was selling the frames/bikes, then sell the 'upgrade' shock separately. Or more likely, put it back in a drawer and forget all about it...

Yes but only because of upgrading and the old one not having much of a resale value. It’s a recent upgrade and with Alpine adventures coming it makes sense to keep it until the end of the summer

This is a slippery slope OP. You get a spare shock, then some forks, then a dropper, then a groupset and before you know it there is a frame in the classifieds that would make a great 2nd bike so you put all your spares on that and have a spare bike...

..but then you don't have many spares to take on weekends away or holidays where it isn't practical to take the whole spare bike so you start collecting some more bits.

You see where this is going don't you?

Spare bike

When I bought my frame only there was a shock available at a great price. It wasn't what I wanted, but thought the offer was so good that it might be useful to have a spare. The spare shock has been used when the primary shock has been sent for servicing, and as a counterpoint when doing setup.

I actually really like the way it feels. £100 RS deluxe select+ vs Fox DPX2

only the old one I upgraded, though it did fail the last time I used it (seals popped out internally), but am not convinced it worth spending money on to service (costs more to service than it worth) & spare have a couple of bike(s).

I have a spare shock. But only when there was a long waiting list for a service (shock wasn't working properly) and didn't want to not have my full sus all summer.

Most other parts can be swapped between bikes.

I have couple of spare shocks for my old bike but none for current bike. With 200x57 size being so common there were plenty of shocks in rotation in our group.
Fox and bike makers seem to have gotten their stuff together as shocks used to blow up every other month in late 90s and early 2000s.

Spare shock, spare wheels, spare tyres. All have a high chance of giving up on you when the riding is at its best.

Not intentionally but if I change a shock I'll tend to keep the old one unless they're worth a good bit of money, so by coincidence I have spare shocks for both my main bikes right now.

I can change bike from 29" to 27.5" mullet I can also change travel 160mm to 145mm so need a 2nd shock for this. Also handy when sending away for service still have one to use.

After a shock went pop on holiday I have a spare

Also as mine is a common size it was cheaper to buy a spare shock than getting the current one serviced.

I got a spare in 2021 when fox stopped making top end shocks for 200x57mm despite my bike being a 2018 model

It is a 216x63 Monarch plus RC3 so again not that many about

I'm not rich enough to buy £500 spare parts to keep just on the off-chance. But I do have multiple bikes.

However, I don't think rear shocks fail that often tbh. It's never happened to me in over 20 years of riding FS.

I kept the one I upgraded from, it’s worth more to me as a working spare than I could get selling it.

Same here.

I’m not rich enough to buy £500 spare parts to keep just on the off-chance

Don't have to be. Perfectly acceptable spare shock here for £70 from CRC last year (rockshox select air can).

TomHoward+1

Don’t have to be. Perfectly acceptable spare shock here for £70 from CRC last year (rockshox select air can).

Absolutely, i bought a RS Deluxe+ last week from Brink which was a take-off from a new bike for £85 posted. Can't beat that.

Just paid £90 for a Monarch plus RC3 - thanks all

I effectively have a spare, a coil for dh orientated days and air shock I can lock out for trail rides, pump track use etc.

Is it the right tune for your bike?