Follow along as the Fox Factory crew get Aaron Gwin dialed in at Mountain Creek in preparation for Fort William prior to his ankle injury. There's good news included - Gwin will be racing this weekend in Scotland.
@WAKIdesigns: Clearly you've never been to Taipei and seen the beneficiaries of the Giant Factory blem sale. Giant TCR with ISP and 80 mil carbon wheels converted to flat bar flat pedal cruiser on the taipei streets.
@WAKIdesigns: There are people all over the world who think a DH bike looks cool and should therefore be ridden everywhere. There is a rasta guy who lives near me and uses a demo to commute and go shopping with!
@WAKIdesigns: that's just the norm in the UK now. Every chav/scally etc. has their proper fs mountain bike bike to ride to the shop for baccy and electric top up. No helmet, tracksuit, wheelie 80% of the way....
@onemanarmy: but I’m with you. I get SO MAD when anyone makes a positive joke about Aaron Gwin’s ability to beat everyone at racing, especially on a mtn bike message board that’s known to be un-serious! It’s so annoying...
Ha. The years of “during that one section, my fork goes TING TING TING but after that rock to the left, it goes SPAT SPAT SPAT” has taken its toll on Mr. Fox guy.
Would love to know if there is big difference in front suspension setups, besides rider weight, between world cup riders, in a way to know if it's the rider that counts or the bike also counts a lot. I'm sure "Dialed" knows this very well.
And no one notice a new shock? Some kind of DHX 2 with a smaller rebound dial.
Wonder how different the settings would be if you did a few runs going by feel and instinct and then did a few runs with all the data logging stuff ,also which one would produce the fastest time ?
Most riders "Go by feel and instinct" on a few runs (or races), tell the mechanics and techs they like whatever component they are working on, that mechanic or tech notes the settings from either the data logs or the actual settings. That is how it works. When a bike 'feels good' to a rider those settings are noted and used again.
I feel better knowing it takes all this effort to get their suspension dialed! For guys like me trying to do the same it can be a bit of a process and I don't have all that equipment.
I wouldn't worry about it. These guys are chasing seconds. Set your suspension relative to your own speed and comfort. Race settings are not practical settings for most of the time. Outside of competition and testing, do the pros ride these settings? I'm guessing no but I might be wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Per the mechanic's explanation a week ago, I hope they have more than one crankset too. Hehehe
And no one notice a new shock? Some kind of DHX 2 with a smaller rebound dial.
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