2021 Giant Stance 2 Rear Shock Upgrade to a RockShox with Lockout.

This is a how-to upgrade your Giant Stance 2 2021 Mountian bike rear shock with the RockShox Monarch RL Rear Shock. Links for the correct shock and hardware are below. Please comment with tips or errors. This was my first time! Thanks for watching and hope it helps someone.

[zeromilesempty]

The bushing is removed from the Rock Shox shock and no hardware is needed for the lower. Just reuse the original spacers.

[rangertommy]

Just did this to my Giant Stance yesterday, and while you touched on it a bit, it's helpful to know that unless both of the spacers are put into the depression on either side of the frame before putting your lower eyelet in place to be threaded, the spacers won't fit. I had to monkey with that just a bit before I realized I had the right spacers and the right shock...I just wasn't doing things in the right sequence.

Thanks for the video! I watched it a couple of times before tackling this upgrade. It helped!

[willytrimble]

dude! YOU rule for this video. all info needed in one place.
thank you

[michaelnogoy]

Thanks for this video! I was looking into getting a shock with lockout for my Stance too.

[jasonmaytum]

Great video dude, today I'm about to change my front and rear shocks on my stance 2 to rockshox and this video is a massive help. I would change your crest forks though as iv had my bike 2 months and they have completely collapsed and the fork itself has bulged out, these forks are so dangerous and gaint should of never made them . Wish me luck, iv got the beer at the ready lol. 👍

[EduardoSacristanB]

Thank you, dude. My stance 2 is going to be upgraded shorly like yours and your tutorial is a really good help.

[andrewpetty]

Thanks so much. This made it so easy to change out on my sons bike.

[stanley]

2022 stance 27.5 top bushing reuse. Bottom remove or no eyelet.

Thanks, your video inspire me to change the shock.

[duyle]

Hi, I own a 2019 Stance and have done extensive upgrades to it so would like to offer any advice I can give. The following is that has been changed:
Drivetrain:
SRAM eagle GX 10-50t cassette
GX derailleur
GX 170 cranks
XO1 shifter
XX1 gold chain
DUB bottom bracket
SRAM 32t chainring
Brakes:
Shimano XT levers
XT 4 pot calipers
XT rotors 203 front 180 rear
Suspension:
Fox performance elite 150mm fork
Fox dps shocks
Hubs:
DT Swiss 350 w/54t engagement ratchet
SRAM XD driver freehub body
Dropper:
Stock dropper with Wolftooth remote

Those are the main upgrades and I did this over the course of over 2 years so it wasn’t a financial hit on me.

[RockinMTB]

That's a good way to measure job difficulty, by how many beers it took, haha. nice one. bout to do the same job today after work. cheers

[Maxthafirst]

I have the same exact bike in an XL. I want to go coil shock in the rear. Any suggestions?

[MultiFresh]

Great video man. Lock out option is nice

[velo-mir]

Hello. Is the travel of the Suntour and Rock shox shock absorbers the same or different? If different, how much will the rear suspension travel change?

[frankdaddy]

Thx for video . What grease did you use?

[rolando]

Hi, it is RockShox Monarch RL 165x38 mm.? saludos desde Ecuador

[armandojuan]

I have a 2022 Giant Trance 27.5 aluminum on layaway, It's almost paid of but the list of buyers ahead of me is long .

[noels]

Thanks for sharing . is the ‘lockout’ the main reason for switching out the stock?

[nickhan]

nice vid. Do you plan to upgrade the fork?

[merdadpanah]

Hi, very nice informative video, I have a question if I may ask: Is this the monarch RS-MNR-RL-C2 model? And if so, does this shock really locks out 100 % ? Thank you.

[adricreampies]

How much travel does it have in the rear now? With the rock shock?