Video: Jackson Goldstone's Santa Cruz V10 - What Makes a Syndicate Bike

 I hear he can’t turn left.

 ...hes warming up for a Le Tigre if he can make the hot seat

 but why male models?

 But how can he ride a bike so small it fits on my phone?

 @doublej-cville: Those wheels will have to be at least....three times as big as it is on screen!

 "Have you ever wondered if there's more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good at riding bikes?"

 Much easier to have manufacturers sponsor videos than actually write / compile something these days.

I can honestly weep when I scroll down PB homepage and more than 50% of the “articles” start with “Video”.

 Photogs literally coming off the hill now.

 Plenty over on the green website

 Ouch throwing us under the bus there @danstonQ haha. It's trackwalk day today and that's actually normal timing.

 the last bit of the interview is under a paywall , probably coming soon tm

 @OlaGeladosDH: hahaha we’re on it! Not sure what happened there.

 @christinachappetta: oh it's up now , thanks!

 Marginal gain :-)

 Without putting words in the kid's mouth, what he's likely talking about is spring rate vs. speed. Going faster means you hit stuff harder, so you need stiffer springs to absorb bigger impacts. Remember, kinetic energy = 1/2 mass x velocity squared. So, on a modern WCDH track, you're going to need to increase spring rate compared to your slower local trails to get a comparable feel.

The underlying issue is something that completely stumps a lot of inexperienced suspension tuners. Without getting into the influence of leverage ratios and dampers, a setup that's 20% undersprung gives a lot of feedback (harshness), since you're functionally riding around with less travel and bottoming out more frequently. On the other hand, a setup that's 20% oversprung will give up traction, but can still be pretty comfortable/absorptive, especially on faster trails. People get this wrong ALL THE TIME, and go softer on springs and clickers, then get confused when their bike gets harsher. Hope that clarifies things a bit!

 @DirtCrab: [thinks back to summer of rubbing paracetamol gel into my hands in Morzine] oh.....

 @DirtCrab: Ah cool! yea that actually make sense! I guess that is the type of thing that you learn from data acquisition and seeing where you are actually riding in your travel, and if its too deep, bumping up a spring rate. Obviously a mere, slightly overweight rider like me going half the speed of these boys isn't pushing into the bike as hard, but still probably good to think about, if you're riding deep in your travel constantly, you're giving up suspension performance and grip.

 @DirtCrab: this is explained really well. Nice!

 Something funky happened. We’re on it!

 Hi

 Thank you! I’ll make sure to practice more French

 @christinachappetta: Pro tip: practice more bike instead. Won't improve your french, but definitely more fun!