Fast forward to 2014, and Brandon is running the all new RockShox Pike DJ, which has a stock tune that was designed around the custom tunes of years past. The Solo Air system in his Pike DJ only needs to be set to 175PSI which allows Brandon to predictably feel the lip every time. With 5 tokens stock, the Fork ramps up considerably, giving him bottom-out protection on the hardest hits. He runs his Pike DJ with his compression in the firmest setting, and his rebound set to the slowest position.

Brandon runs maximum PSI in his rear suspension, which can make landings rough, but the trade off is his bike is always predictable on take-off. Shawn added a bottom out bumper to the RockShox Monarch to act as a volume adjuster, which increased the compression ramp, as well as taking the edge off the extra flat landings. His 2014 RockShox Monarch RT3 is set up very similar to his 2011 RockShox Monarch RT3, with both the compression and rebound tunes being considerably higher than that of a shock tuned to be ridden on singletrack.
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Fast forward to 2014, and Brandon is running the all new RockShox Pike DJ, which has a stock tune that was designed around the custom tunes of years past. The Solo Air system in his Pike DJ only needs to be set to 175PSI which allows Brandon to predictably feel the lip every time. With 5 tokens stock, the Fork ramps up considerably, giving him bottom-out protection on the hardest hits. He runs his Pike DJ with his compression in the firmest setting, and his rebound set to the slowest position. Brandon runs maximum PSI in his rear suspension, which can make landings rough, but the trade off is his bike is always predictable on take-off. Shawn added a bottom out bumper to the RockShox Monarch to act as a volume adjuster, which increased the compression ramp, as well as taking the edge off the extra flat landings. His 2014 RockShox Monarch RT3 is set up very similar to his 2011 RockShox Monarch RT3, with both the compression and rebound tunes being considerably higher than that of a shock tuned to be ridden on singletrack.
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 Does he run a standard volume air can or a high volume air can?







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