I spent my first few days on the new Wilson in the Whistler bike park getting used to how it rode. Then it was time to get down to business! I wanted to see if the Split Pivot design works as advertised and separates braking forces from the suspension as well as they would have you believe. To do this I sought out some rough and beaten down tracks, which are not too hard to find when riding in the WBP at the end of the season. Like any sane rider, I would usually do my best to avoid braking through a portion of trail that is already littered with bumps from others who are not doing the same, but for testing purposes I thought that I'd try to rattle a few fillings loose. I immediately found that not only did the bike take the edge away from the chatter, something that other bikes can do as well, but it also behaved the same regardless of whether I had the binders on or not. A bike that handles and brakes consistently in the rough can be a huge boost of confidence, especially when it does it as good as the black Wilson manages to.