Electronically activated suspension is not new to the cycling world, especially mountain bikes. The Rockshox/Lapierre E:I shock, Fox’s upcoming Live Valve, and Magura’s e-Lect all having digital shocks or forks. But up to this point, there hasn’t been a serious attempt at electronic suspension for road bikes. That all changes with Pinarello’s new eDDS system.
Two years ago, Pinarello’s Dogma K8-S was one of the first road bikes to bring real suspension to a modern race-style carbon road bike, using a small seatstay-mounted shock that yields 10mm of suspension travel. In an effort to increase efficiency and reduce the energy lost on smoother roads, Pinarello collaborated with HiRide to develop an electronically activated shock that automatically firms up or locks out on smoother roads and opens for smoothness in the rough and cobbles.
