Lose the front shifter, gain three more controls and gadgets. That’s been the drill for the past few years as dropper remotes, brake levers, suspension lockouts, GPS devices, handlebar rolls, and even bells compete for limited MTB handlebar space. RockShox thinks they have a solution in the TwistLoc, a grip-shift-style control that can lock and unlock a fork, shock, or both. Not only that, TwistLoc is designed to keep hands on the bars when stuff gets rough.
RockShox describes how the TwistLoc works:
Twist to lock, push the button to unlock – on forks, rear shocks or both in tandem. With a consistent grip size and light-touch action, TwistLoc™ maximizes efficiency while keeping your hand safely on the bar.
Sounds simple, eh? The TwistLoc will be available starting in June, 2018 and will retail for $109 / €120* / £107*.
* includes VAT.
2 Comments
May 6, 2019
It’s a $100 part made of plastic. Metal cover, plastic internals. Google it, there is a teardown video on Youtube. RockShox website lists it as DH rated. NO WAY. It started failing within 1 week of use. The default setting for the grip is the suspension is locked out (rigid). You twist the grip to unlock the suspension (squishy mode), press the button to release it and return to locked out (rigid). The problem is and the reason I rate this as a dangerous product is that the default is locked out. You have to twist the grip to put your suspension in squish mode (which is 90% of your ride). It should stay that way - period - until u release it with the button. Its doesn't. And if it slips back to rigid on a tricky downhill unexpectedly, it could wipe u out. It started doing that within a week and failed completely within a month.
May 6, 2019