For years, the Offset Shock Hardware has been used covertly on the World Cup circuit by many top riders. This Offset Shock Hardware allows the head angle to be easily manipulated simply by shortening or lengthening the effective eye to eye of the shock. This allows you to slacken the head angle and drop the bottom bracket and improve the handling of the bike. Paul Burwell freelance MTB journalist "Completely changed the feel of the bike".