Components - Suspension

The Supercar of rear shocks - handmade in Italy - and mounted to a bike from Bellingham

Guillaume at S4 Suspension rebuilds Deniz's MRP Hazzard rear shock

If you’ve been building up (RockShox) ButterCups, they may let you down. Marketing messed you around but I love them still.

Like a modern hardtail, We Are One's Arrival platform will happily wear a fork from 140mm to 170mm in several rear suspension set ups

The Mattoc Pro features Manitou's a precise 34mm stanchion chassis, and 110mm to 150mm travel covering a wide range of applications…

Swapping out the Recon on a Trek Roscoe for a 510 mm axle to crown fork with 0 mm of travel

Rocky Mountain's Altitude tries on a new look with a mullet wig.

Will the RockShox Flight Attendant point out the emergency exits or simply manipulate your suspension settings on the fly...

The partially new 2023 Fox Factory 36 Grip 2

Manitou markets their 120mm R7 Pro XC fork, complete with its now spindly 32mm stanchions, as being up for anything you can ride...

A bike, a fork, some cranks, some bar-ends, some brakes and something to attach your bikes to your car...

A 2014 Cane Creek Inline Air shock that's been upgraded to the current CCDB IL Air specs

Italian moto racing heritage takes on the world of mountain bike suspension.

"This opens up an interesting can of worms about aftermarket rear shocks in general..."

Top spec and a new battery alignment gives all the power with less bulk.

How does the Italian fork stack up to the big guys?

As we prepare for a wave of elastic polymer fork upgrades, several companies have been pushing the benefit of 'noise-canceling' for years.

A Big fork on a budget to compete with the Fox 38 and the RockShox Zeb

Taking a born in 2014 Cane Creek Inline Air shock and updating it to the current 2022 DB Air IL spec.

New damper, new air system, new chassis, new features, new philosophy - all but the names changed for RockShox's 2023 fork lineup.

What's new with RockShox's Super Deluxe Ultimate air and coil shocks for 2023? Just about everything.

The new Lyrik and Zeb and rear shocks get sweaty and overworked on the North Shore and beyond...

"Suspension made for racing can also translate to suspension made for fun..."

A little more travel, a little more support. Is it the secret sauce to a good time?