Because the parts are immersed to receive the special coating, the outside of the air can gets coated too. A quick call to Fox Racing Shox, and they explained that both the shaft and the inside the air can have a Kashima coating as there are seals sliding on each surface. Kashima coated parts are sent to Japan where the patented (and expensive) process is applied, so we wondered why it looks like the coating was on the outside of the air cannister too. 'Gold' and 'Shiny.' Those words are music to the ears of bike tarts everywhere and for our money, this is the best-looking shock out there. Straight out of the box, you can’t help noticing the RP23's low-friction Kashima coating. Boost Valve position-sensitive compression damping Adaptive Logic three-position compression adjustment Kashima low-friction coating on shock body and internal shaft
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