Help identifying Rock Shox "thing"

[Pampa]

Anyone knows what this is? It looks similar to the Brain rear shock that was on some Specialized bikes years ago. I checked the rear shocks page of Rock Shox and couldn't find anything similar. Asking for a friend. Really 🙂

 

[moose35]

Closeup: New Specialized BRAIN shock's platform suspension tech explained

To make the all-new 2018 Specialized Epic FSR as efficient and capable as possible, they had to rethink their BRAIN suspension platform. Over the past 15 years, it’s seen a little innovation, but it still relied on a brass mass to hold the ports mostly closed until the rear wheel hit something...

bikerumor.com

Looks kinda like this

 

[Pampa]

Closeup: New Specialized BRAIN shock's platform suspension tech explained

To make the all-new 2018 Specialized Epic FSR as efficient and capable as possible, they had to rethink their BRAIN suspension platform. Over the past 15 years, it’s seen a little innovation, but it still relied on a brass mass to hold the ports mostly closed until the rear wheel hit something...

bikerumor.com

Looks kinda like this

Yep, I think so too. My friend just confirmed he saw this on a Specialized (in a bike shop in Argentina).

 

[johnbryanpeters]

One reason that I wouldn't touch a Specialized with a stick...

 

[Steve Vai]

It's a Brain Shock. Reason #598 to buy an Evo over an Epic.