Shockwiz: Suspension Data Aquisition For All

When It Comes to Our Incredibly Capable Rides, the Information and Knowledge About Geometry, Frame Materials, Parts and Tyres Is There for All to Know. Yet the Most Misunderstood and Most Important Part in Our Daily Ride Is by Far Our Suspension and How It’s Set Up. Take This to the Top Level and It Could Be Argued That the Majority of Bikes Lining Up in Lourdes for the World Cup Dh Opener This Year Are All Now Very Similar. And as a Result, Aside Pure Rider Skill and Fitness, Races Are More and More Often Won as a Result of Dialled (or Not So Dialled) Suspension Tuning.

So how does a punter like you or I get the best results from our suspension? Of course we can take our shocks and maybe bikes to a suspension tuner, of which there’s more and more legitimate ones these days. Although sending a shock off with the only info being rider weight and intended use, it’s a little bit of a blind folded approach. Most of us don’t have access to bulky MotoGP-esque data-acquisition equipment so if you’re like me, you tune your suspension to how you like it to feel on the trail. Whether this is giving us the best results from the incredible shock offerings available these days is where I know many of us fall short… Enter the ShockWiz.

From humble beginnings on the crowd funded Kickstarter page, ShockWiz was developed by an Australian legend we now know as Nigel Wade. His mission was creating a simple wireless device that could give us riders information about our suspension performance, then provide recommendations on how to adjust our forks and shocks to improve them and go faster, bigger, or smoother. All simple stuff right?