Bicycle shock assemblies with plunger operated valve arrangement

A shock assembly for a bicycle comprising:

• a first sleeve;
• a second sleeve engaged with the first sleeve such that the first sleeve and the second sleeve are connected in a telescopic manner and are configured to translate through a stroke;
• a piston coupled to the second sleeve and enclosed by the first and second sleeves and defining a first positive gas volume on one side of the piston and a second positive gas volume on an opposite side of the piston, wherein the first positive gas volume and the second positive gas volume are configured to increase pressure in a same one direction of the translation and decrease pressure in the same other direction of the translation;
• a hollow tube coupled to the first sleeve and configured to cooperate with the piston to selectively fluidly connect the second positive gas volume to the first positive gas volume;
• wherein the hollow tube and the piston are configured to:
• isolate the first positive gas volume and the second positive gas volume during a first translation range of the stroke of the first sleeve and the second sleeve;
• fluidly couple the first positive gas volume and the second positive gas volume during a second translation range of the stroke of the first sleeve and the second sleeve;
• the stroke traverses a distance from a state where the second sleeve is fully compressed into the first sleeve to a state where the second sleeve is fully extended from the first sleeve;
• the stroke includes the first translation range and the second translation range;
• and
• the first translation range and the second translation range do not overlap in a single direction of the stroke.