The Scottish start-up SussMyBike Ltd has developed a small electronic device that scans the operation of the suspension elements. Using a smartphone app, it gives the rider feedback on the settings and shows which steps they need to take to improve them. The device is simply strapped to the suspension strut or fork with cable ties, connected to the app (for Apple and Android) and off you go.

Mounted on the dip tube and standpipe, the device forwards the collected data to the app.

Alan Mason, the developer of SussMyBike, wants to enable many mountain bikers to have better tuned suspension without having to rack their brains and possibly go round in circles with the settings. The app therefore provides clear instructions for the perfect suspension set-up

Mason was able to count on the support of the Mountain Bike Center of Scotland and Edinburgh and Napier Universities in the development of this setup helper. SussMyBike works equally well with shock absorbers and forks with air and steel suspension. The product is now in the final stages of development. Mason is therefore hoping for a successful crowdfunding campaign to make the final improvements and bring the final product to market. The crowdfunding campaign will start in the first half of November 2015.

www.sussmybike.com