Electronic, Computer-Controlled Suspension! Rockshox's Flight Attendant | First Look & Ride

Rockshox's all-new computer-controlled suspension dubbed "Flight Attendant" is designed to make your suspension smarter. But how does it all work? Mike Levy breaks the Flight Attendant and shows us how deep into the future bike tech has gone.

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00:00 - Intro
01:11 - Components
02:53 - What Does It Do?
04:26 - AXS App Integration
06:27 - Battery Life?
07:20 - Do You Need An AXS Drivetrain?
07:48 - How Much Heavier Is It?
08:12 - Can I Still Go Lake Jumping?
09:05 - How Long Has Rockshox Been Testing This?
10:22 - How Expensive Is It?
11:27 - Is It Difficult To Setup?

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[CrackdownVEVO]

In a few years before each ride: "Hey Siri, set my suspension and tire pressures to my Enduro preset and list all my 12 battery levels"

[scottphillips]

That's cool, are you going to be doing the impossible climb and the efficiency climb on the same bike with and without the system?

[bepp]

Everyone be like: we need a complicated mechanism in order to minimize energy loss
Sram: if pedal spin suspension go rock haha

[ianfurqueron]

I'm more of a "leave everything open" rider and rarely flip the climb levers, so something that automates the process is intriguing. However, if I am planning to do a ride with a lot of climbing, I tend to take a much lighter bike than my enduro bike.

[HeretiCflow]

I don't really see the benefit. I would've been intrigued if this system was like an active Öhlins suspension on motorbikes that constantly and intelligently adapts the suspension to the riding scenario. You tip the bike down a steep rockgarden and it ads hsc in the fork, you ride through braking bumps and it softens up. You brake hard and it stiffens up lsc on the fork. Etc. Just to avoid flipping a lever for climbing, this seems to be a $1000 solution to $10 problem. Again. But good for dentists!

[Mr.ZiggedWhenHeShouldaZagged]

"this has nothing to do with the lapiere system from 9 years ago", "how long have they kept this system a secret? 9 years" HAHAHA

[CalgaryDynastar]

Seems like more marketing to the “I need everything new that won’t make me a better rider” crowd. I just enjoy riding my bike 🤷🏼‍♂️

[neuromaniac]

-Why did you lose the race?
-I was hacked!

[AndrewGustyn]

I love that Mike Levy is waving a donut around while doing the video.

[gregcavanaugh]

so that's 3 batteries for the suspension, 1 for the rear der, 1 for the seatpost, 1 for the shifter, 1 for the dropper lever, 1 for your garmin, and the one in your phone in your pocket?? That's more watts than MVDP!

[jnygaarddk]

So despite all the fancy PR and buzz words, this is just automatic (variable) lockout, with wireless override, right. No automatic low speed compression or rebound adjustment, no travel measurement or sack information.
When I saw the announcement, I thought this was going to take the functions from the Quarq ShockWiz (also SRAM/Rockshox) and build it into the fork and make those adjustment automatic on the fly... Disappointed to learn is just a fancy lockout system.

[Gabesafish]

Woohoo!

Finally, something truly groundbreaking for peeps to complain and argue about!

[PlaydohDookie]

Geez! The Specialized Enduro S-Works will go from Dentist bike pricing to Oral Surgeon bike pricing with this update.

[gregoconnor]

super cool, would definitely demo it. I feel like I rely on my compression damping being consistent/predictable at any given time. Having an electronic actuator changing the compression on the fly seems like it would make the bike less predictable during compressions on landings/cornering... but it's hard to say without trying it. Great review, thanks for the info Mike!

[countryseller]

You’ve explained this system perfectly Levy! I’m not a computer on my bike kinda guy, but if it means i can level up from an all mountain rig to an enduro. Then yeah. Why not?!? Highlight was shaking that shock like a gavel. Hahaha.

[marcalvarez]

I love that they engineered this fantastic technological marvel! Im glad it now exists!

I absolutely do not want it!...not even at the same simply do not want my bicycle dependent on the electrical grid.

[aldirinaldi]

I think bike technology getting better everyday so much better so some of them become useless, rather than this i think its better to work on fitness level

[martinhayes]

i dont want a bike that needs 7 batteries to adjust my compression settings. i want a fork that doesnt creak within a year of buying it. please.

[zoubtube]

What they need to do is integrate a similar system like the Motion instruments solution into a product line in order to collect actionable insights on a per trail basis. This would allow us to create baselines per trail. This way, as I ride different trails over time, I can look at the data per trail, and set the appropriate settings per trail either manually, or with flight attended, automatically. That's the ideal solution imo!

[spuddo]

It's essentially fox live valve but wireless