Posted on May 20, 2022 by Cory Benson

At last weekend’s XC World Cup in Nové Město, we spotted this next-gen prototype RockShox TwistLoc remote shock lockout on one of the Ghost Factory Racing Team bikes. Combining the look and feel of old school GripShift, it looks like a tidy suspension remote setup that improves cable routing and leaves plenty of room for modern dropper post remotes…

Lovers of GripShift should be excited to see what looks like the next iteration of RockShox’s TwistLoc suspension remotes. This new remote being tested by the Ghost riders sports a classic high inner flange that should offer more grip to get ahold of and twist, unlike the current low-profile model RockShox offers.

prototype TwistLoc v2 (left) vs. current RockShox TwistLoc (right)

The function appears to be the same though, pulling 1 or 2 mechanical remote cables to lockout a fork and/or rear shock, with a 2-position Open or Lock control.

The new prototype has a higher flange, but improved cable routing that appears to tuck in more nicely under the brake lever without getting in the way.

That means there’s even more space behind the bar to access an AXS dropper remote attached with a MatchMaker mount, or any other dropper remote.

Interestingly, we only noticed Ghost Factory Racing’s Caroline Bohé using the new GripShift-style TwistLoc, while other team members used the current version.

Anne Terpstra (above) had a cockpit setup using the 2-button OneLoc that allows for independent combined fork & shock lockout controls – bottom lever to lock, top button to unlock. But it’s a pretty crowded setup on her bar, so Terpstra uses a blip on top of the bar next to her righthand grip to activate her Reverb AXS dropper post.

As more and more XC racers stay on their full-suspension bikes for all racing all the time, and now that we can’t live without our dropper posts, this as-yet-unreleased RockShox TwistLoc v2 should give more cockpit setup adjustability, while bringing back the beloved GripShift look and feel!

Cory Benson is the EU Tech Editor of Bikerumor.com.

Cory has been writing about mountain bikes, enduro, cyclocross, all-road, gravel bikes & bikepacking on and off for over 25 years, since before several of these even had names in our industry.

Prior to that (and at times, concurrently), Cory worked as an Architect specializing in environmental sustainability, a IBD bike shop designer & consultant, an independent product designer, a bike shop mechanic, and a mountain biking instructor.

Based in the Czech Republic for over 15 years, Cory spends much of his time traveling around Europe, riding bikes, and meeting directly with many of cycling’s key European product developers, industry experts & tastemakers for an in-depth review of what’s new, and what’s coming next. A technical off-road rider at heart since the 1990s, Cory’s cycling has evolved to cover everything from the wide range of riding aero road bikes on dirt roads to thrashing enduro bikes in the European bikeparks & trail centers, with plenty of XC, CX & gravel in between.

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The OneLoc has one button for lock and one for unlock. It can’t control fork and damper independently.

I’m so happy to see this. I never understood why the made the current one so thin. It looked ridiculous when you paired it with a set of ESI Chucky grips and looked totally out of place when paired with an XX1 grip shift.

What’s the point of using an AXS drivetrain, when you already have 2 remote cables? If you must have a tidy setup, get a fork and shock with decent support and ditch the remote.

If you can’t live without a hard lockout ft+rr, what’s the point of the dropper? Or suspension at all? All this junk works great at elite levels, because they’re willing to sacrifice comfort, but there’s little point for the great majority of riders. All these riders with their $10k bikes are low key in denial, wishing 26″ would come back, and they could get a carbon hardtail again.

Or is that just me thinking it’s stupid to bother dealing with lockouts on anything more than 80/100mm travel?

It looks like it’s just you.

And I would prefer to see AXS version of this Controller, so there would be only break lines.

AXS has no remote cables or whatsoever. The point of suspension is that it works the right way. If you just woke up from the year 2000, your view of suspension could be acceptable, but now? Just out of the reality. And who would want a 26″ hardtail these days, when modern hardtails are light years ahead? Yes, it’s just you thinking stupid.

She is using this since 1st WC in Brasil

Ugh, just make it AXS with a simple button/switch. These cable systems are terrible.

Don’t get it either. Magura did electronic lockout few years back, it cannot be that hard.

3 position please. Would be using the current one if it was. Even considered modifying an old 3x grip shift to do the job.

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