Confidence is a fickle friend for many. A few days out from dipping my toe in at the third annual Richmond Roulette and I was feeling nervous and riding as rigid as a breadstick. Or was that my suspension? What’s the forecast? Rain. I needed to get a grip and get some grip. I needed to get my suspension serviced.
Suspension Works is the progeny of Wheel Works, the micron obsessed modern-day wheelwrights that have established themselves as a byword for precision over 16-odd years of slinging spokes, rims and hubs in Wellington. The suspension side of the business is not yet two years old, but the apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree.
Jake Hood has been the suspension tech there from the start. Hailing from Peebles, in the Tweed Valley, Scotland, he still
