Loading ...Elka Suspension Launch At Sea Otter Classic
Monday, April 7th, 2008
BOUCHERVILLE, QC, CANADA – Elka Suspension Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer of innovative high-performance suspension and steering products, announced today it will launch a bold new line of mountain bike shock absorbers at this year’s Sea Otter Classic.
Elka’s new mountain bike line-up has been specifically designed and engineered for downhill, free-ride and all-mountain riding, aiming to provide a balanced combination of plushness, pedaling performance and comfort for each application. To achieve this, all Elka shocks will feature custom-tuned damping based on each bike’s design and intended use. This gravity-oriented line-up will consist of 4 models with different adjustment options to address customer riding styles, bicycle categories and price point objectives.
The shocks will feature Elka’s intuitive concentric dual high/low-speed compression adjuster, reservoir volume and pressure adjust to control the progressivity and also rebound and preload adjustments. Both hi-tensile alloy and titanium springs will be available for all models in a wide range of spring rates. All models will be offered in several length/stroke combinations – including the increasingly popular 10.5” x 3.5” size – so they can be fitted on the vast majority of bikes, past and present.
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Although this will be Elka’s first products for the mountain bike market, the company has over a decade of experience engineering and custom-building championship-winning suspension and steering products for powersports applications such as Motorcycle, ATV and Side-By-Side Vehicles. This new mountain bike product line incorporates many of the same innovative suspension technologies that have been used to win multiple ATV World & National Championships, SCORE Baja Championships, Mini-Motocross Championships and Motorcycle Road Racing Championships.
For more information on our products and services go to www.elkasuspension.com
Patrick Tellier
Marketing Manager
pat@elkasuspension.com
April 7th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Cool stuff, built right in my backyard! Can’t wait to see what they come out with, and to see if it will compete with existing companies products.
April 7th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
This is an excellent idea… Sounds expensive though
April 7th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
This is super interesting!!! Im interested to see the prices for this shock….
April 7th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
The prices are :
495$ US (with steel spring)
545$ US (with hi-tensil spring)
April 7th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
I knew it! I was looking at the Sea Otter expo list and saw them and was wondering whether another motorcycle company is getting into bikes. It’s great that there are more companies emerging in the MTB suspension industry. Hope this isn’t going to be like Progressive and Romic.
April 8th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Wow!! 495$USD with the steel spring sounds pretty competitive… I was looking at getting a Vivid but I think im guna hold off..
Any ideas on availability dates????
April 8th, 2008 at 1:53 am
What’s the I.D. of those springs? Specific to this shock? lb / Increments? It looks quite close to the body in the pictures.