ShockWiz And Segments At Lake Pueblo State Park
ShockWiz Suspension Tuning at a New Venue! (*****NOTE: This post was originally created in October of 2022, but was never published. I still believe, however, that there’s a lot of relevant information we can glean from the ShockWiz Suspension Tuning System, and I’m going to continue this thread while I wait for the trails to […]
ShockWiz Consistent Suggestions – Rear Suspension – 21 Rides
ShockWiz is Consistently Telling Me to “Soften Up!” The ShockWiz Suspension Tuning System continues to reveal ways to help me optimize my suspension. Peavine Mountain in Reno, Nevada, is exposed and rocky. The trails are a mix of sand and exposed, boiled Andesite rock. The trails are about 2 feet wide, with LOTS of rounded […]
12 Rides With ShockWiz Front and Rear – An Update
The ShockWiz Continues to Provide Great Insight For Proper Suspension Setup The ShockWiz Front and Rear Suspension Tuning devices continue to provide me with great information as I learn more about my bike and its’ performance capabilities. I set the phone up on my handlebars, and change the settings on the phone so I can […]
Intense MTB Ride Number 4 With the ShockWiz
ShockWiz Shows 84 Points on the Rear With Just 49% Confidence In the Values One of the most important things to remember when you purchase a new, high end mountain bike, is that it can take 20 – 50 hours for a suspension system to ‘break in’. It’s like buying a new car – everything […]
ShockWiz Suspension Assessment on a New Bike!
ShockWiz Helps Anyone Understand Suspension After 8 months of waiting, I finally received my new mountain bike last week! The Intense Sniper T Pro is a modern Cross-Country bike with All-Mountain Geometry. The Front and Rear suspension are Fox components, and the first thing I did was place a ShockWiz unit on the front fork […]
Sometimes Ya Gotta Get Some SUN!
I Went Mountain Biking – And I Trapped ALL of the Data! The purpose of this exercise and series of blogs is to share my thought processes, as a coach, on how to interpret data from instruments. With that data, I can then make more informed decisions on my own training, recovery, and performance. When […]
18 Rides With the Fox DPX2 and ShockWiz
The Fox DPX2 With the ShockWiz Suspension Tuner Reveals a LOT of information! After several months spent on Peavine Peak in Northern Nevada, I have been able to come to several conclusions about my Fox DPX2 Rear Suspension. To review; I have a 2012 Trek Superfly 100 Pro, with just 100mm of rear travel. The […]
Fox DPX2 and Quarq ShockWiz – First Ride!
Fox DPX2 and Quarq ShockWiz Suspension Tuner Gives Me Some First-Ride Knowledge! In Early March, I purchased and installed a 2021 Fox DPX2 Rear Suspension Shock, and began recording data from a ShockWiz Suspension Tuning System. At the beginning of every ride, I save the previous ride profile, and then clear the memory. I will […]
Tuning Mountain Bike Rear Suspension With the Shockwiz
Mountain Bike Rear Suspension Does Not Have to be a Mystery! Use the ShockWiz! If you know my story, you know that I began my journey in cycling as a mountain biker. My first Mountain Bike Rear Suspension System was purchased in 1995; a Trek Y-Bike. I have owned probably half a dozen Mountain bikes […]
ShockWiz Suspension Tuning device- Getting Suspension “Just Right”
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Shockwiz Suspension Tuner on a Front XC Sid Fork. Richard Wharton, 2017.[/caption]
The ShockWiz Suspension Tuning device works with most air-compressed forks and rear shocks. It first came out in 2016, and was purchased by Quarq/SRAM in 2017. The product measures compression, rebound, and ‘air time’ to help you tune your suspension.
For me, suspension has ALWAYS been tricky. My first bicycle with suspension was a