Voted ‘best looking shock’ by Benji

Price: £659.99 • From: Ison Distribution, ison-distribution.com • Weight (w/o spring): 541g Adjustments: Low Speed Rebound, Low Speed Compression, High Speed Compression, 2-position Climb Switch (open, firm)

MRP is not a suspension brand that you see very often, in the UK at least. This is the first time we’ve had one of the brand’s rear shocks in and one of the first things you feel is… quality, for want of a better word. It’s just an extremely and pleasingly well-made thing. It’s hard to explain how or why, and in the Real World it probably isn’t actually any ‘better’ put together than anything else here, but there’s no denying that the Hazzard just feels great. Everything is well-made and well-positioned. It feels like a human hand has given it the once-over and approved. The dials are all positive in action and don’t get either tight or vague at any of their extremes of adjustment. The dimensions of the thing are just-so. Chunkily svelte, if such a thing can be. And heck yeah, we just like the decal designs and the orange climb switch lever. Good looks don’t hurt. Especially when the on-trail performance of the shock is exceptional.