Troy Brosnan's Bright Pink Specialized Demo - Fort William World Cup 2016

Jun 3, 2016
by Paul Aston  
Troy Brosnan s Specialized Demo - Fort William World Cup 2016
Why pink? Why not and this won't be the last custom Demo we'll see this year.

Troy Brosnan s Specialized Demo - Fort William World Cup 2016
The modified link is one of the few parts on Troy's bike that isn't stock, delivering even more progression than his previous custom link.

Troy Brosnan s Specialized Demo - Fort William World Cup 2016

bigquotesThe tire pressures are secret, Troy will get mad at me if I tell you that! The bike is pretty normal really. He runs about 10% sag, he doesn't weigh much and we set it up nice and stiff and then play around with it over the weekend. The main thing we do is raise and lower the stanchion tubes to change the ride height, but the handlebars, stem and all that stays the same. He's pretty comfortable with his standard set up and just rolls with it. - Aaron Peltarri , Troy's Mechanic.

Troy Brosnan s Specialized Demo - Fort William World Cup 2016
Troy Brosnan s Specialized Demo - Fort William World Cup 2016


Ti-bolts from Ti-Springs all around. Aaron said Troy got pretty excited by all the different colour options available. He runs a full Renthal cockpit with the Ultra Tacky lock-on grips and 30mm rise alloy FatBars. After taking his mechanic's bike for a trail ride, Troy made the change from Code calipers mixed with Guide levers to a full Code system - he decided he preferred the lever feel.


Troy Brosnan s Specialized Demo - Fort William World Cup 2016
From shifters to suspension, Troy is looked after thanks to SRAM's BlackBox program, but Aaron says the suspension is very close to stock and they use a M/L tune on the rear Vivid Air. Here, a nice little mod to his shifter paddle.

Troy Brosnan s Specialized Demo - Fort William World Cup 2016
Troy runs a standard tubeless setup with Specialized tires and 50ml of 'No Zisch" sealant from Switzerland.


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160 Comments
  • 135 4
 10% sag with an extra progressive link? Might as well just grab a P.Slope.
  • 10 4
 That surprised me as the "average" suspension tutorial says that sag is important and you should go with 30% lol
  • 30 2
 I think he may be talking about the fork there..
  • 4 0
 @SmashedFungi: Racers usually have way harder set-ups in gerneral, than the common, rider, because they are faster, so this becomes necessary.
  • 3 0
 @PhillipGraf: I know Wink Theres that one crazy Aaron Gwin edit where he does like a 2,5m drop and uses like 30% of his travel
  • 60 0
 Hang on, Protour hasn't commented yet on a demo bike article?! Is this real life!?
  • 53 1
 Or is this just fantasy
  • 36 0
 Caught in a landslide
  • 34 0
 @winko: No Escape from Reality
  • 31 0
 @ExNihiloNihilFit: Open your eyes
  • 32 0
 @JayTucc: Look up to the skies
  • 30 0
 @HardtailsAreGnarly: And see
  • 29 0
 I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,
  • 26 0
 @steviestokes:
Because I'm easy come, easy go
  • 22 0
 @Dynex: little high, little low
  • 8 98
flag fantaman (Jun 3, 2016 at 6:11) (Below Threshold)
 This sounds dumb but what has Protour got to do with the demo,is it because it's a shit bike or is it because of Specialized??
  • 21 1
 Anyway the wind blows
  • 22 1
 Nothing really matters to me, to me
  • 23 1
 @Mtbkid21: Mama, just killed a man
  • 20 0
 @JackWatson: put a gun against his head
  • 49 4
 Pulled my trigger now he's dead
(These lyrics are appropriate for the Demo btw)
  • 14 2
 Mama, life had just begun..
  • 11 2
 @Protour: Mama, life had just begun
  • 16 0
 But now I've gone and.....
  • 15 1
 @blahblahbikes: thrown it alll awayyyyy
  • 15 0
 Mamaaaaaaaaaaa
  • 13 0
 @yerbikesux:
Didn't mean to make you cry
  • 14 0
 If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
  • 13 0
 @tornateo: Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
  • 8 30
flag WAKIdesigns (Jun 3, 2016 at 9:54) (Below Threshold)
 Never cared for what they dooo, never cared for what they knooooow, and I know
  • 9 1
 Too late, my time has come
  • 5 0
 Sends shivers down my spine
  • 4 0
 @Boardlife69: Body's aching all the time
  • 5 0
 Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go,
  • 4 0
 Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
  • 4 0
 Gotta leave it all behind and faaaace the truuuuuuuuth
  • 4 0
 MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA O O OO...(anyway the wind blows)
  • 2 0
 @elkinfa19: i dont wanna die, sometimes wish i never been born at all
  • 2 2
 (Enter Waynes World)
I see a little silhouetto of a man
  • 3 1
 @Boardlife69: not yet!
  • 6 0
 @keystonebikes: carry on, carry on, as if that comment didn't matter...
  • 3 0
 @Boardlife69: Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
  • 6 0
 thunder bolt of lightning demo's chainstays, very very frightening me
  • 3 0
 Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo
  • 4 0
 Galileo Figaro Magnificoooooo
  • 3 0
 He's just a poor boy, from a poor family
  • 3 0
 @Gills: spare him his life from this monstrosity!!!
  • 4 4
 WAYNES WORLD! WAYNES WORLD!!!
  • 1 0
 @dtax: Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
  • 55 4
 Maybe stupid question, but because Troy is having "a new bike" every round, do they actually re-paint same frame 1-2 times, or it is always a new frame? I understand that painting process could probably "hurt" frame, however curious if they really change them that often.
  • 53 0
 Id imagine they probably replace them every time and use the old ones for promotion? They'll be worth more to spec as a marketing tool, than the cost of the lump of carbon.
  • 12 0
 What i know is that the red one from Lourdes and this pink one are actually different frames, so they don't reuse them.
  • 3 0
 I imagine it depends on what the requirements are at the time for testing and development. If they have new stuff to test they'll keep giving him new stuff to test. I don't think they'd just give a new frame every round for no reason.
  • 15 1
 @hamplanet: The reason is that he's Troy Brosnan lol
  • 21 0
 This is a question I often ask myself. How many bike are used by riders annually?
  • 4 0
 @MisterJones: in a recent interview with Gwin's mechanic he was excited because they didn't had to change his rims for the race run, what apparently never happened before... so I assume they go through a lot of material, but probably try not to change stuff just because they can, because that's always a risk as it's a not proven part and you can potentially screw things up by changing things...
  • 9 0
 @SleepingAwake: Thats a good advertisement for the e13 rims haha
  • 31 1
 @SmashedFungi: and makes me proud as I obviously ride harder than Gwin as I destroyed a set Big Grin
  • 4 0
 I'd bet that he gets a new bike every round, considering to each crankworx Brandon brings approx. 5 identical ticket S frames/ dope kits, last year when he crashed they gave him a whole new bike.
  • 5 1
 brb,getting my fork pump as usual.
  • 4 1
 If it's a new bike every round, they could give one of the old bikes to me!
  • 4 1
 @SleepingAwake
Destroying a set of wheels, is kind of a compliment of how hard you ride. It's kinda nice, in a expensive way.
  • 3 0
 And does he get to keep each one? He could make an extra $50k a year selling frames lol
  • 1 0
 @NWuntilirest:

Or slippery sidewalk in the City...and a timber vehicle barrier post!

ep1.pinkbike.org/p6pb12080700/p5pb12080700.jpg
  • 2 0
 @StanMarsh: the trek C3 riders aren't a allowed to sell them, they can either keep them, or give them to groms. I have yet to revive one lol.
  • 2 1
 @NWuntilirest: or that you need to run a few more psi or heavier tires...if you're under 20psi on a downhill/endurbro bike and you blow up rims, its not riding hard, its being retarded about pressures....
  • 6 0
 @takeiteasyridehard: i run 30 psi in my minions, don't care about ur opinions ( on how hard I ride)
  • 1 0
 @NWuntilirest: that's shit, i have anthons canyon stiched and runs like it's new. The c3 change frames all the time, it's sad they can't sell
  • 1 0
 @NWuntilirest: easy now.....dont care, well your reply implies otherwise. But yeah, i do agree it's good feeling when you break a wheel, and ride it out. Its the most expensive sense of accomplishment I've experienced other than a broken frame. And yeah I run 30/37 for my psi...i just burp or blow up below that. But I know people who think it's cool to blow up rims running 18-25 psi...and that is not cool imo.
  • 1 0
 @NWuntilirest: I think my spoke tension was too high - I'm not that hard charging Smile
  • 45 2
 Pink bike pink bike ))))
  • 15 30
flag WAKIdesigns (Jun 3, 2016 at 3:58) (Below Threshold)
 This is a hidden message to Spec bashing team on Pinkbike... now, Bianchi has celeste, Spec has "Rosé la Litige" aka "Pink Lo-suite"
  • 20 2
 protour protour protour
  • 4 0
 @sewer-rat: Those chain stays do look remarkably short ;P
  • 11 1
 the pink color is great to help find the bike after it throws the rider off and ghost rides itself into the woods to hide from authorities looking for this murderous machine.
  • 1 0
 @fartymarty: lol just spat my beer put
  • 28 0
 "set up nice and stiff and then play around with it over the weekend"
I know a few girls who use a similar technique, apparently that's how you can get the most out of it (your suspension).
  • 18 0
 "we set it up nice and stiff and then play around with it over the weekend"

That's what she said
  • 11 0
 Secret tyre pressures.... But every rider would ride differant pressures on differant bikes on different terrain. What he runs would not benefit another rider who might be 1kg heavier and have a more off the back style.
It would be an odd kind of rider that copied that surely?!
Tyre pressures are a very personal thing and very much related to how often you want to buy new rims!
  • 11 0
 yo dawg...
  • 9 0
 I bet Commencal love the look of this paint job
  • 2 0
 You would think spesh has seen the commys right...
  • 6 0
 @Protour I don't want to mess up the lyrical flow, so I am posting this out of sync. Making the pulled my trigger now hes dead line relate to the demo was a stroke of genius. Well played sir.
  • 2 0
 It just shows that even when he's not posting he's lurking.
  • 9 1
 Protour come out come out where ever you are
  • 5 1
 You're actually calling for it? Why?
  • 4 0
 @vinay: Its Friday, Friday, fun fun fun
  • 6 0
 He contributed to the Bohemian Rhapsody
  • 1 0
 You have to say it three times in the car moment section then close your eyes and he suddenly appears
  • 1 0
 Car moments..... Or even comments :/
  • 2 0
 @MTBCAM: @MTBCAM: he did indeed. Took a quick sniper shot and was gone in a puff of smoke. Props to the man :p
  • 9 2
 Hope that link is better than Loic's or he'll crash for sure - such an unstable bike I hear from Protour... :-)
  • 4 0
 Won't Sam Hill ride in pink bicycle and kit again to be auctioned for the breast cancer cause? He typically does that at Fort William, doesn't he?
  • 1 0
 Imagine that leatt lid in pink... I'd donate just not to see that!
  • 4 0
 Same paint as my 1989 Norco Mini Mountaineer, when I was 9yo. Everything is cyclical.
  • 5 0
 Looks great, does it come in men's?
  • 4 0
 3 boxes of Ti bolts!!! Probably worth more that the bike
  • 3 0
 Can we get more info on why 10% sag considering that is less than what a XC bike runs.
  • 5 0
 Top pros run very little sag so they can smash into things at ridiculous speeds without using too much travel or blowing up haha
  • 2 0
 Because going faster increases the force with which you compress your suspension, and these guys are going really fast.
  • 8 6
 Go Troy! You are one of the best senders out there! Maybe this time it's your time. Holding my thumbs for ya.
  • 3 0
 Those are 40mm rise renthal bars not 30mm.
  • 1 0
 I've asked this before and never got an answer:

Why are the tire pressures a secret? It seems like they spill on everything else except tire pressure.
  • 1 0
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3MmP4fhmnw theres a bike check and im pretty sure it mentions pressures Smile
  • 1 0
 Didnt know he runs his front brake left hand? In aus its front brake right hand is the norm !?
  • 4 0
 You are all upside down down there :-D but i know a friend which has front brake on right hand. I think it was rule on trials from where he came to DH. You can imagine how much I was surprised when he borrowed me his bike without saying anything :-D
  • 4 0
 @raidenCZE: nah he's got it right, in aus we ride with our front brake on the right, moto style. Im super surprised that troy is riding it euro style (whatever you wanna call it)
  • 2 0
 @zids: Its SA Style - just so you know...
  • 3 0
 Moto style front brake right hand.
  • 1 0
 @ALL: I think it's clearly personal preference. How do you order front and rear brake? Do they come reversed? I mean right lever with short hose and left lever with long hose?
  • 2 0
 @raidenCZE: not sure about other brake brands but Magura's mt series can be flip floped to either side. if you come from moto its normal way. would like to see maybee a poll from pinkbike. also wonder if some Pro's do this also a lot of them ride moto for fun and to train. Wakki could step in here and clarify this a bunch more (much appreciated) and protour could tell us how dangerous this is ...
  • 5 1
 The reason why Aussies run front right is because it's illegal to sell a bike without a rear brake on the left (unless it has pedal activated brakes). You have to be able to do a stop hand signal with your right hand while braking on the left (since you ride on the left side of the road). I learned this from a cop that came to our school when I was a kid and 'hand brakes' were just becoming popular (about 37 years ago).

Of course, the odd person will decide it's not how they like it and change it up. For me, I was born in Australia but the first MTB I bought had the brakes setup Canadian style, so that's how I got used to it and always kept it that way.
  • 1 0
 @kram: wohoo exhausting but I'm smarter now! I'm curious if it's the same way in GB and how it is with brake orders - long hose on left lever. I will not be ordering any, but I'm pretty curious Smile
  • 4 0
 I wish I learned moto-style, but in the US it's right=rear. Too old to be doing unexpected front flips.
  • 1 0
 @endlessblockades: Why do you wish you learned moto style? As far as I know there is no performance advantage provided both your hands are fully operational.

As someone who raced moto for years and just recently started riding/racing mtb, I am curious why you and others want to run a moto style set up.
  • 1 0
 @CrowSD: No real reason, I suppose....I get confused easily on a moto, being a super-novice.
  • 3 0
 By my logic... Most people are right handed. This means their right has better fine motor control. Putting this hand on the front brake makes sense, as your front brake is the more important of the two.
  • 1 0
 @endlessblockades: Right on.... I was starting to think "moto style" had some advantage that I was not aware of. Sounds like it is just a personal preference thing.

@gabriel-mission9: Interesting theory. I know on a moto the front brake is on the right because of the throttle. Really tough to clutch and throttle a moto with one hand.
  • 1 1
 @gabriel-mission9:
That isn't very solid logic.
Just in case you were wondering.
  • 2 0
 @jflb: i think its pretty sound. 87 to 92% of the worlds population are right handed
  • 1 0
 @jflb: Really? You think not? Care to explain?
  • 2 0
 Come out come out wherever you are Protour
  • 4 3
 Hot Pink is by far the Raddest & most Tubular color. I would love this colorway.
  • 2 0
 That link is way different from the stock one
  • 1 0
 haha!! what a great product name ("Zisch" is the sound your tire makes when it's punctured and going flat)
  • 1 0
 Would be nice if specialized actually put one of these colours into production. The matte red is looking ugly now
  • 4 3
 Pink bikes rule, check mine out Smile
  • 1 0
 my eyes are bleeding after seeing that pink YT Wink
  • 1 0
 @MTBCAM: :Go pink or go home Wink
  • 1 0
 You can win on a hot pink bike?
  • 1 0
 Never noticed before but Aussie and running front brake on the right
  • 1 0
 A Motocross thing too!
  • 1 0
 And we think the rest of you are weird for doing it any other way! Why is it done on the left overseas - is there a reason other than just because?
  • 1 0
 10 percent because the track is groomed?
  • 1 0
 Troy's running 26 psi Front 26 psi Rear. Haha.
  • 3 0
 26 is dead, it's 27.5 psi front and rear Wink
  • 2 1
 thats hawt
  • 2 1
 Pretty.
  • 2 1
 10% sag?
  • 2 1
 10%? really?
  • 1 0
 oh hell yeah
  • 1 1
 looks like my commencal meta sx
  • 1 1
 Where can I get a Rockshox "Huck Flat" sticker?!?!?!
  • 5 6
 At least Sam Hill did it for a good cause!
  • 1 2
 I guess 10%sag is just about the fork
  • 1 1
 mi like!
  • 1 2
 Is he running the Carbon Renthal bars?
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