Offset Shock Hardware

8/9/2025

I hardly sold any of these but I thought this was a cool project. It all came about because my rear shock sealhead unscrewed itself and spewed all its oil. While I was rebuilding the shock, I installed and rode the only other shock I had, which was 7.875 inches eye to eye. That was much shorter than the original 8.5 inch eye to eye. It turned out to be an eye opening experience. The bike suddenly became low and slack. The cornering improved massively. It felt stable and planted. Of course I didn’t enjoy the lower amount of travel and the accompanying stiffer spring rate. But it didn’t take much to see past that and in my mind I immediately began to design some offset shock hardware that would allow me to put an even longer shock in the frame but still have the low and slack geometry. This happened in 2005 and it wasn’t until 2008 that I was able to get these offsets made. Once I made my first website in 2015, I featured this project for no reason other than I thought it was cool. Click the screenshot below to make it bigger and give it a read.