Sram wants to make the suspension setup easier

Rebound, compression, air pressure or negative suspension travel: a modern suspension element offers numerous adjustment options. Adjusting these forks and dampers correctly is not quantum physics, but it still requires a practiced hand. Sram soon wants to make it easier to optimally adjust the suspension with clever acquisition.

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, Show Wiz then gives specific instructions on how to set the fork or shock correctly for the best possible performance.

Sram has now gone on a shopping spree and brought Shock Wiz on board - and can already boast a production facility for electronic bike components with Quark's power meters. The Shock Wiz boxes are to be manufactured in the same plant as the Quark cranks in Spearfish in Dakota. Nigel Wade says that with the support of the experts from Sram and Quark, it would be much quicker to bring Shock Wiz to market, which would have taken years on its own.

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