Vorsprung’s New Coil Shock & Development Process

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.RELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ MembershipBLISTER+ Real World TestimonialsBlister LabsThis Week’s Gear GiveawayBlister Mountain Bike Buyer’s GuideTOPICS & 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)OUR OTHER PODCASTSBlister CinematicCRAFTEDGEAR:30Blister PodcastOff The Couch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.