The ShockWiz from Quarq helped me get my suspension dialed quickly. I'm curious what other techniques you may have used to tune your mountain bike's suspension. Also, I would dig hearing any experience you may have had with the ShockWiz. 🤘🏽

@mtb_alan

3 жыл бұрын

Nope.

Nice on Alan. I am very informed. You put a lot of work into this one I can tell. Came out great. A+

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony! Glad you appreciate it. 👊🏽

Great video, great editing, informative! Thank you!

@mtb_alan

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Yes, the Path is a rad shop!!!. Mine had me add 3 spacers which I never would have thought to do since I wasn't bottoming out. Thanks for sharing.

@mtb_alan

4 жыл бұрын

Heckin A! The Path is the best! Yeah, the ShockWhiz is just that...it's a whiz!

Wow. That is some high tech wizardry! ShockWiz. I thought that was peeing on an electric fence. You just convinced me to put a new drive train on my steel hardtail! "Spring sprung" is now my new favorite saying. As always, in depth and well informed. Thanks for sharing and heal well bud.

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! I definitely had peeing in the back of my head the whole time recording this. 😆 LOL! Dunno why I couldn’t remember “coil”, but coining “spring sprung” is not a bad result. Ha! Glad you dug it! And thanks for the positive thoughts. 🤘🏽

Thanks definitely is April I'm going to check it out personally great video on the subject and always be safe and have..

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Right on! Thanks!

So I really liked the SockWiz. No options to rent them here but I've loaned mine out to a few people. I used to be so bad at setting suspension. I just loaded the bike with air and set the rebound in the middle. After playing around with the shockwiz, I've slowed down the rebound and backed off the air pressure. I did find it hard to get the DPX2 adjusted so that took a few different rides to get dialed.

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Right on. Good on ya for loaning out such a nice piece of kit. 👍🏽

That's a great idea to rent these out! I'll have to check some shops around me. It's especially hard to dial in my fork when I don't have experience or feel of how it SHOULD be. Nice hill bomb👌

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Hopefully the shop in your vids has them. Would dig seeing your experience if they do. And you’re absolutely right about knowing how the suspension SHOULD feel. As a beginner, I honestly didn’t really know how much was poor riding and how much was poor setup. Not that it stopped me from making bad decisions on bikes. 😆 Glad you dug the hill bomb. 🤘🏽

Subbed from this vid. I'm an intermediate to advanced rider. Hardtail, to rigid , now on full squish Remedy. It took me 3 years to start getting my suspension dialed but have learned a lot. This device would have made that MUCH easier, but, I'm not sure the cost (short of renting) would make it that beneficial for me long term. I kind of lean to the thinking that once you get the "feel" of what you like, setting up future bikes would likely come much easier. Maybe, maybe not. Either way. Great video and thanks for sharing your experience.

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Yo. Thanks for the support! Glad you dug the vid. I agree that after riding a while you do get a feel. What I started wondering for myself is how much was I using my tuning to compensate for bad habits or skill gaps. And how much better of a ride would I experience with a “prescribed” tune. Though I had to adjust my riding style to match the “playfulI” tuning, I definitely enjoy trails more now. But I guess it also depends on what you wanna do with your riding. I’m always looking to progress and go bigger. TBH, the more I think about the ShockWiz the more I think about buying one. 😆

Very good content help it going

@mtb_alan

6 ай бұрын

🙏🏾

Using by buddy’s ShockWiz and it is definitely a help for me because I’ve only been riding for a few months so I don’t have the feeling feedback need to properly tune my bike.

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Right on!

Thks for the video Alan. Very informative bro! Question? How much do you weigh?

@mtb_alan

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I weigh 160lbs.

I know this vid is old but I want to give you props. You progress your skill so fast and will you be able to ride closing weekend at summit

@mtb_alan

4 жыл бұрын

Yo! Thanks for the kind words, Reed. It's not likely I'll be able to ride by closing weekend. Still several weeks away from being back on the bike. If you get up there though, hope you have a blast!

I’m really curious to try one. I’d like to see what the data says. I never feel like my suspension is dailed, at least for too long. Might also be my local trails are all pretty different and want a different feel for each. I think I also just suck at interpreting feel. There must be a mtb disorder. Ha! Great vid man.

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

I’m not the most sensitive rider. But until using ShockWiz, I wouldn’t make any major changes. And little tweaks were hard to notice when I was starting. Also it’s hard to know how much is just in my head. So getting more objective feedback was helpful. TBH, I was apprehensive about suddenly adding volume spacers and making both the shock and fork more progressive. But as you saw, the proof was in my cheesin’ grins! 😆

Thanks!

@mtb_alan

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for the support! 🙏🏾

Would have been cool to see a side by side comparison of the app screen shots of before and after.

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I failed to grab the screen shot after we put the volume spacers in. It was a trip because almost everything went green from that change. It only suggested adding a bit of LSC in the fork. And that’s one of those settings that can be tweaked from trail to trail. Thanks for bringing that up. 👍🏽

hey MTB alan ! great content! just wondering what is your stem length now ? and why did you make it shorter?

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Stem was 50 and I came down to 35mm. This was part of setting it up to be more playful. Full honesty though, a friend recommended it, I thought I’d try it and see if I liked it. I liked it. 😆 Feels like I can get better pulls on jumps. And when pointed down a steep section, I feel like I can be more aggressive and stay closer to the front-center. Also, I am at the shorter end of medium. So the shorter stem just makes the bike fit me better. Hope that helps.

@patrickestera

5 жыл бұрын

@@mtb_alan it did thanks man!

Rented a pair to sort my Scott Genius LT 700 tuned plus: Made a massive difference. Im not an experienced MTB rider, I didnt get into them until I was 53, but have a history with motorised dirt bikes so I kind of knew it didnt feel quite right on factory recommendations. Spent a day at bike park gathering feed back from the shockwiz and making adjustments through the day completely transformed it. Thing is Ive now bought a Scott eRansom and Im wondering if it will still give good feedback, given the extra weight and the completley different up hill input.

@mtb_alan

3 жыл бұрын

That's great! As far as how well it'll work with an eMTB... A heavier bike is different than a heavier rider, but the difference are more in moving the bike around. The Shockwiz though is only concerned with how sag, compression, and rebound interplay. Physics being physics, I imagine it'd work just as well on an eMTB.

Ive been wanting to review this myself just havent put a video together. I purchased it myself... Kinda sucks not to do both at the same time though. Plus sode os thw rwsale os pretty damn good on them.

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Right on. Make that review happen yo! 😀

Hey buddy. Great video. Just picked one up and having a hard time finding a spot to mount it to the shock. Looks like you had yours zip tied to the frame. Was thinking about doing the frame but worried about leaving scuff marks on my frame. You have any issues? Thanks!!

@mtb_alan

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t have any issues. I made sure the frame and everything was really clean before I strapped it on. The rubber case around the device kept it from moving. Hope that helps.

@FrankVanDykeRealtor

2 жыл бұрын

@@mtb_alan it does. Thanks!!

Hi Alan Compared with your old set up, how did it tell you to adjust your compression and rebound?

@mtb_alan

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve. It's been a while since I used the ShockWiz, but the biggest change was adding volume reducers. But this is specific to the profile I set, the bike's leverage ratio, etc. That's the beauty of the ShockWiz...it gives recommendations specific to your situation and the profile you set.

Hey I work near the Path! Quick Quest: I'm wanting to buy one.....but can I tune the shock and then the fork? Meaning not buying 2?

@mtb_alan

2 жыл бұрын

Yup! You can do it that way. And yeah...as you suggest, I would start with the shock.

I should see if my bike shop has that for rent I recently got the Bronson and when I went to pick it up I had my 3 year old daughter with me and she was crying and having a fit so I pretty much just left with out tuning my suspension and the bike is fun but I think something might be off with the suspension so that would definitely be a good thing to try

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely a good idea. I hope your daughter is all right. 😆 If you can't get a hold of a ShockWiz, It may be good to start with manufacture recommended settings. I found PDFs on the Fox and RockShox sites. I know the Bronson did pretty damn well with those settings especially when it was rough and rowdy. Hope that helps!

It's crazy I thought this is going to be a review for sarsaparilla based on your ongoing beardstache.

@mtb_alan

2 жыл бұрын

😅

Great video! Have you shockwiz your Giant ? It would be great update video .

@mtb_alan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's a good idea. I found that ShockWiz was a good teaching tool. It gave me a better understanding. As such, I haven't needed it as much.

@jamesrowland4876

Жыл бұрын

@@mtb_alan Now it would be interesting how close your are to the perfect setup 😁. Hey great work on reply., I would say 75% if KZreadrs don’t reply.

@mtb_alan

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesrowland4876 Ah...that would be interesting. But would it be a test of my accuracy or Shockwiz's? 😆 🤔

@jamesrowland4876

Жыл бұрын

@@mtb_alan Shockwiz for sure! You have the knowledge and preferences of your suspension settings. 💪💪.

You had to have surgery on wrist right? I’m in the same boat just snapped my pinky in half and might have to have surgery. Keep up the work! I also have the 2019 Bronson in blue. Pretty soon I’ll post the video on my channel so if you wanna see my pinky you can. It’s really gross but kinda cool

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Dang! Sorry to hear. Hope you heal up quick. We’re bike twins! And yeah I had wrist surgery. Ortho reattached the ligament that popped when my lunate dislocated. A few more weeks in the cast with the pins in. I’ll try to check the vid. 👍🏽

@theoutdoors4688

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I’m Hoping that your wrist strengths up once your cast comes off. Oh the video will hopefully be up before the weekend

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

🤘🏽

I need to try this. Don’t feel like my bike responds well to my riding and what I want it to do.

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! I wonder if there are many on the used market.

@five-omtb7536

4 жыл бұрын

MTB ALAN worth a shot to look. I’m going to start from scratch when I get back on the bike. Put my flat pedals back on so I can focus on technique over luxury and get my suspension dialed. Curious what it cost to rent from The Path? Going to do a search to see if there are any used on the market.

Hey Allen nice vid! So question. First off I mean no offense whatsoever with this and I love your channel and the content you make! Ok so would you say coming from an intermediate/advanced rider who’s not an expert or pro it’s worth the investment to do some very detailed suspension work like the shockwiz even if the rider isn’t always riding intense double blacks and racing worldwide? Sorry for the long comment but I’ve already been considering something like this and it would really help to get your opinion on it.

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Hey there...great question. And the answer is tricky. If we just talk about how quickly you can tune your suspension AND learn about your suspension, ShockWiz would benefit an intermediate rider the most. Most intermediate riders are in a place where he or she has developed some idea of how and what they like to ride. This person would benefit most from understanding and tuning their suspension to their style. Is it worth 330 bucks? To me, this is often a resource question. The ShockWiz seemed to be durable, and it's not like physics changes, so the way the ShockWiz makes recommendations will be relevant for a long time. So, it's worth it if you have the resources to purchase a device or two and maybe also have a community who could also benefit from borrowing (or even renting) the device from you. But! If you have a shop like The Path where you can rent ShockWiz, that's probably the best option for intermediate riders. I hope that helps!

@august7552

5 жыл бұрын

MTB ALAN Yes! That helps a lot, and I think once the next season starts I’ll be looking into where I can rent one of these. Thanks a ton!

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

🤘🏽

Besides volume spacers, what else did it recommend, and you changed?

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

For the fork, it suggested LSR Slower HSR OK HSC Firmer LSC Softer But when I added the volume spacers everything else went to OK.

Went coil front and rear many years ago. Can't ever go back to air and all those tweaks just to feel like a coil. If I cared more about climbing speed on long climbs them I would go back but 90% of the time coils are the best.

@mtb_alan

4 жыл бұрын

🤘🏽

Yes it lights up red and sometimes it looks green but it won't pair to my phone I wonder if it's because I have an Android phone maybe it's hers better with an iPhone

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

Weird. Yah...I dunno. This is from their compatibility doc: "The ShockWiz App is compatible with most Android devices that feature Bluetooth Low Energy (also called Bluetooth Smart and Bluetooth 4.0). The App requires at minimum Android version 4.3 (Jelly Bean). " See here -> shockwiz.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/227875188-Android-devices They also have a link under *Known Android Issues* on that page that might help.

I have the shockwiz but I'm having trouble pairing it with my phone is it because I have to have it hooked up to the fork firts nefore pairing it? Or for shockwiz don't like me using an android lol....

@mtb_alan

5 жыл бұрын

🤔Is the light blinking?

@chrispapaleo4732

4 жыл бұрын

You need to wake it up. Shake the bike (if shockwiz is attached) or the shockwiz to wake it. It will start blinking and be recognized by the app.

I wish it worked with coil shocks

@mtb_alan

5 ай бұрын

Not much air pressure change in a coil.