Metric shocks with the same eye-to-eye length are physically the same shock, no matter what the stroke is. For example, a 230x60 shock is the same as a 230x65 shock, but the 230x60 just has a 5mm spacer installed to reduce the stroke by 5mm. Ohlins sells their shocks in each individual eye-to-eye length and includes the small parts required to change the stroke internally in 2.5mm increments down to a maximum of 7.5mm reduced stroke.
- Ohlins shocks are shipped out in the MAXIMUM stroke length for that size of shock.
- EXAMPLE: If your bike needs a 230x60 shock size, you would purchase the 230 length shock and then install 5mm of stroke spacers to reduce the stroke to 60mm.