It was a pain in the butt for the first few rides but I followed your suggestion and recalibarted but this time let out the air slowly and started all over again. This time I got a 100% tune score with 100% confidence. It suggested slowing down my rebound a couple clicks, which I did and it did feel much better over techy terrain... smoother and more planted. I had been riding with my rebound too fast for a couple of years now. So for me.. even though it was a small change.... it did help and I feel more confident over jank than I did before. I did pay $300 for a small change, but I'll let friends and other riders borrow it and hopefully help them dial in their suspensions.
The ShockWiz was extremely helpful for my two full suspension trailbikes. I’m a heavier than average rider (215 lbs) and figuring out the right number of volume spacers was transformative for the fork and shock. I think it’s an amazing device. You can learn a lot from it, such as the impact of temp changes on pressure. I don’t think you should lean negative on the review just because your setup was pretty dialed. I’m guessing that the vast majority of people are spending a lot on a nice bike, but are nowhere near a great suspension setup. I also think lighter and heavier riders struggle more with setup.
I totally agree. I think full suspension complicates things considerably. I also think that I got "lucky." Your experience matches much of what I've heard.
a fox34 with a grip damper is kind of hard to not set it properly without any tools. I always struggled with my rear end of the bike because of the progressive nature of the linkage and setting the sag at 30%(when the shock was the easiest to compress) made me use no more than 60% of the travel no matter what i did on the trail. So using shock wizz helped me crack this nut and my bike feels supple and supportive now and not a pogo stick... At least now i have a bechmark point and a placefrom which to start experimenting with the shock settings...
I've always wanted to try one of these out since I know virtually nothing about suspension setup other than the 25% compression rule for static ride height. I've played with the compression and rebound settings but couldn't really tell much of a difference so thought one of these could help out but didn't want to buy one due to the price and my limited intended use.
Its crap, suggested adding 3 volume spacers and letting air out mine and then pn compression and rebound etc etc till it said it was perfect the bike ran like a sag potatoes! Horrible so just went back to what i was set up to! Otter tv has a good video on it aswell indepth, but im definitely not the first person to say how bad this device can get it!
I think it's all dependent on that initial calibration. Things can go very wrong. I also wish it would take into account what suspension you have. Since it has no clue, it will recommend removing spacers you don't have, for example. I had such high hopes.
It was a pain in the butt for the first few rides but I followed your suggestion and recalibarted but this time let out the air slowly and started all over again. This time I got a 100% tune score with 100% confidence. It suggested slowing down my rebound a couple clicks, which I did and it did feel much better over techy terrain... smoother and more planted. I had been riding with my rebound too fast for a couple of years now. So for me.. even though it was a small change.... it did help and I feel more confident over jank than I did before. I did pay $300 for a small change, but I'll let friends and other riders borrow it and hopefully help them dial in their suspensions.
Awesome. I wish they would provide better in-app guidance. But super glad it worked out in the end.
Yes the app is not very good. I feel they abandoned the whole thing at this point.
The ShockWiz was extremely helpful for my two full suspension trailbikes. I’m a heavier than average rider (215 lbs) and figuring out the right number of volume spacers was transformative for the fork and shock. I think it’s an amazing device. You can learn a lot from it, such as the impact of temp changes on pressure. I don’t think you should lean negative on the review just because your setup was pretty dialed. I’m guessing that the vast majority of people are spending a lot on a nice bike, but are nowhere near a great suspension setup. I also think lighter and heavier riders struggle more with setup.
I totally agree. I think full suspension complicates things considerably. I also think that I got "lucky." Your experience matches much of what I've heard.
Great review / info!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
a fox34 with a grip damper is kind of hard to not set it properly without any tools. I always struggled with my rear end of the bike because of the progressive nature of the linkage and setting the sag at 30%(when the shock was the easiest to compress) made me use no more than 60% of the travel no matter what i did on the trail. So using shock wizz helped me crack this nut and my bike feels supple and supportive now and not a pogo stick... At least now i have a bechmark point and a placefrom which to start experimenting with the shock settings...
Awesome. I'm glad it was helpful. Full suspension definitely takes more work to perfect.
I've always wanted to try one of these out since I know virtually nothing about suspension setup other than the 25% compression rule for static ride height. I've played with the compression and rebound settings but couldn't really tell much of a difference so thought one of these could help out but didn't want to buy one due to the price and my limited intended use.
Renting or borrowing is really the way to go. I think it was random luck that I got my fork right on my own.
That device is already 8years old, so it is kind of obsolete we need a new version
Agreed. But likely not a profitable device.
Its crap, suggested adding 3 volume spacers and letting air out mine and then pn compression and rebound etc etc till it said it was perfect the bike ran like a sag potatoes! Horrible so just went back to what i was set up to! Otter tv has a good video on it aswell indepth, but im definitely not the first person to say how bad this device can get it!
I think it's all dependent on that initial calibration. Things can go very wrong. I also wish it would take into account what suspension you have. Since it has no clue, it will recommend removing spacers you don't have, for example. I had such high hopes.