ShockWiz": Sram's electric box is here to improve the suspension setup

First Kickstarter, then acquisition by Sram: the electronic helper "ShockWiz", which aims to improve the suspension setup, is now marketable and goes on sale. If you use the "ShockWiz" correctly, you should be able to get the best out of your bike and suspension quite easily. But it doesn't work entirely without know-how.

Dusty Dynamics got off to a dream start in 2015 via Kickstarter and raised a lot of seed money in just a few days. The product from Nigel Wade's think tank is called Shock Whiz and is a small box full of electronics.

This can be mounted on the air valve of the shock or fork and connected to the smartphone via Bluetooth. Shock Wiz measures the behavior of the suspension elements on the test lap and wants to obtain even more information about the compression ratio on the rear triangle and the preferred terrain or riding style. With the help of algorithms, Shock Wiz then gives specific instructions on how to set the fork or shock correctly for the best possible performance.

Sram went on a shopping spree in 2016 and brought Shock Wiz on board - and can already boast a production facility for electronic bike components with Quark's power meters and has expertise in the field of electronics thanks to Quark's power meter experts. Sram has now driven the electronic assistant to market maturity at a rapid pace and the first parts should soon reach customers.

Plug and play?

Before the little box can do its work, it first needs to be assembled, installed and calibrated. Sram provides operating instructions and tutorial clips on a dedicated website. It doesn't quite work without the well-known "eternal" pumping of the suspension elements. You can find out more about the setup procedure in the YouTube clip. Things get really interesting in the Use and Data Analysis clip, because here we get down to the nitty-gritty of how
how to get the suspension up to scratch
.