When selecting a bike's components, Wheeler's product managers rely on their own experience as well as our team racers' feedback-and on the best, globally leading brands. Their innovative products are being selected according to the specific needs on every model: This way you can be sure that all of a Wheeler-bike's components work together perfectly - and in accordance with the intended use for the specific model. In terms of suspension technology, the dynamic of innovation has been restless in recent years. Nowadays you cannot only change the firmness of the spring, but fine-tune the suspension’s characteristic exactly to your likings with the help of simple controls. How sensitive do you want the suspension to work, how fast do you want the rebound to be? In order to minimize suspension bobbing when climbing, the producers of shock absorbers have developed various systems called «ProPedal Damping», «Motion Control», «SPV» or «Power Valve». Wheeler-models offer one of these technology down to the entry-level offerings – or at least the option to lock the suspension out completely with a switch. Of course you only get shock absorbers from proven producers like Marzocchi, RockShox, Manitou, Fox, DT Swiss or X-Fusion. The same goes for the rest of the components, where Wheeler choses to rely on a few well-known brands. Shifting components are provided mostly by the two big producers SRAM and Shimano, with Magura, Hayes and again Shimano delivering the brakesets. All sports-oriented Wheeler mountain bikes are equipped with hydraulic disc brakes-including a larger rotor on the front wheel, of course. When it comes to shift levers, Wheeler¡¦s product managers follow a philosophy of their own: On entry-level and full-out race bikes, Shimano's innovative DualControl-levers deliver intuitive and lightning-fast gear changes thanks to its combined brake and shift lever. On bikes that are often used in rough terrain, though, you will find Shimano's radically improved Rapidfire-units or SRAM's triggershifters that are stunningly effortless to operate. On the top-of-the-line models, you will find a choice of exclusive DT Swiss parts as well, like lightweight dampers or complete wheelsets. Or beautifully crafted, lightweight pedals from Crankbrothers. Known for their low weight, reliability and functionality are the parts of producers like Ritchey and FSA, e.g. stems, seatposts and handlebars. The same could be said about the hollow-chamber rims with double eyelets: They are used to build the wheels of all Wheeler bikes and make sure these wheels last longer than just one season. That is something that Wheeler's product managers generally put high on their list of priorities. So you can enjoy your Wheeler bike every single day to the full.