Offset Bushing
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- Includes a high quality igus® DU bush
- Our original product, machined in-house by Offset
- Improve your bike's handlingTweak your bike's geometry for more stability at speed and sharper cornering. Learn more
- Trusted by expertsRecommended by professional race teams, leading bike brands and local bike shops.
- What's in the kitAn Offset Bushing with accompanying spacers, machined to your frame's exact sizes, plus a new igus® DU bush ready to press into your shock's eyelet.
- High quality materialsPrecision machined from brass with aluminium spacers, for exceptional performance and durability.
- Made to order, dispatched fastMachined for your bike and dispatched within 2 working days.
- Worldwide shippingFast, reliable delivery to anywhere in the world. Shipping options
Per bushing, so double these for a pair:
- 6 mm bolt: 3 mm offset, about 0.75° slacker and 7.5 mm lower
- 8 mm bolt: 2 mm offset, about 0.5° slacker and 5 mm lower
- 10 mm bolt: 1 mm offset, about 0.25° slacker and 2.5 mm lower
- 3/8″ bolts (older Santa Cruz) also supported
Rough averages, as every bike is a little different due to leverage ratios and shock lengths. The clearance needed around the eyelet equals the offset per bushing.
- Standard 12.7mm (1/2") diameter
- Designed to shorten the shock eye-to-eye only
- DU bushes not designed for Cane Creek shocks using a 14.7mm diameter eyelet
Most bikes use bushings under 49mm wide, we have a surcharge for sizes above this. - 49mm - 54mm £5 surcharge per bushing
- 55mm - 60mm £10 surcharge per bushing
- 61mm + please contact us
How they work
What will it do to my bike?
Our Offset Bushings adjust your bike's geometry, slackening the head angle and lowering the bottom bracket to improve handling. The bolt hole is offset, so fitted facing the middle of the shock it reduces the effective eye-to-eye.
- Head angle
- 0.5°slacker
- Bottom bracket
- 5.0 mmlower
Average adjustments, as every bike is a little different due to leverage ratios and shock lengths. How Offset Bushings work
Race proven
Used by World Cup teams
Our bushings have been used by multiple World Cup teams over the last decade to help them achieve fantastic results. They're one of the quiet tweaks racers use to get every last bit of speed from their bike.
“In one test with a top downhill World Cup rider, fitting Offset Bushings took 4 seconds off a lap at Fort William.”
A week later at the World Cup, that gap was worth 25 places.
Fitting
Fitting your Offset Bushings
Press out the old hardware and press in the new, with the offset holes facing the middle of the shock. A bushing tool makes it easy. Then check your sag, as the shock sits a touch differently.
Questions
Offset Bushing FAQs
Something else? Get in touch and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Do I need one or two?
One kit fits one end of the shock. A pair, one at each end, gives the full change: with the average adjustments detailed above. Trunnion shocks have one eyelet, so they take one.
Does it affect rear travel?
No. The stroke doesn't change, so rear travel remains unaffected. Only the effective eye-to-eye is reduced, which slackens the head angle and lowers the bottom bracket.
Which way round do they go?
With the offset holes facing the middle of the shock. That shortens the eye-to-eye. We don't recommend fitting them the other way round. Our fitting guide shows how.
Will there be enough clearance?
The eyelet needs room equal to the offset: 2 mm per bushing with 8 mm bolts, 3 mm with 6 mm, 1 mm with 10 mm. Nearly every bike has it, but please check yours. If you're unsure, ask us before you order.
How quickly will it arrive?
Most orders are dispatched within 2 working days. Delivery time depends on where you are; see shipping options.
Just replacing worn hardware?
Keep your geometry with Standard Bushings
If you want your bike to ride exactly as it does now, you need our Standard Bushing: same quality, hole in the centre.
- Same eye-to-eye as stock
- igus® DU bush included
- Machined to your frame's exact sizes