In Val di Fassa last year, Gusti Wildhaber's season changed completely. In the first half of the year he was struggling to get into the top 20, but after that race he picked up three top tens and some of his best-ever EWS finishes. So, what changed? It probably had something to do with his new bike.
Gusti's
prototype Stereo 170 from the second half of last season was hard to miss in its blue and orange camo 'disguise,' but beneath its garish colour scheme the numbers speak for themselves. This new bike was longer, slacker and, crucially, had 20mm more travel, which Gusti says allowed him to charge far harder than the old Stereo 150 he was on before.
For 2020, the camo is gone and has been replaced with the proper team livery; also new is Fox's latest suspension and some setup tweaks. Let's take a closer look at Gusti's 2020 ride:
Rider Name //
Gusti WildhaberAge: 31
Hometown: Walenstad, Switzerland Height: 183cm / 6ft
Weight: 77kg / 170lbs
Instagram: @gustiwildhaber New Fox suspension takes up damping duties for the Cube team in 2020. Gusti has gone from 85-90psi and 2 tokens in his 36 last year to 105psi and 2 tokens in his 38 this year. He's also gone up in shock pressure from 200psi last year to 215psi this year, however he has dropped from 4 volume bands to 1.
Alternatively, the cage uses a Fidlock mount so that you can first remove the cage with bottle, only then remove the bottle from the cage for drinking. It a bit like when people drink tea or coffee from a cup with a saucer. They lift both the cup and the saucer from the table, then lift the cup from the saucer to take a sip whilst they hold the saucer with their other other hand. It looks really sophisticated/posh/stupid. This design is kind of like that.
you have shown to the world that you can actually put out full-sussers that don't make ones eyes bleed.
Now, what about your hardtails line up?
“thanks for your interest in our products and the silver EWS Edition.
We haven´t have them in 27,5". There was only a 29" version. But it`s sold out.
We are planning something new in the next month.
We are a small company and don´t have a distribution in U.S. yet. Hope this will be changed sometimes...“
So here’s hoping that they bring them back! I definitely want some!