Vorsprung Suspension has been making a wide range of suspension upgrade products for quite some time now — and we’ve been very impressed with a number of them — but they’ve yet to offer a full standalone fork or shock. That’s about to change.
So we sat down with founder and engineer Steve Mathews to hear all about the new coil shock that they’re developing, including a whole lot about its design, Vorsprung’s goals for it, how the prototyping and testing process is going, and a whole lot more.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Why build a shock now? (3:05)
Designing a new shock vs. tuning products for existing ones (10:21)
The design (14:01)
High- and low-speed rebound adjustments (24:52)
Why coil? (29:10)
Will there be an air version? (32:11)
Packaging & bike fitment (33:50)
Mounting standards (38:11)
The biggest challenges (50:21)
Picking test bike platforms (55:09)
Availability & pricing (59:20)
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