You should try putting a volume spacer in the rear shock. That way you can have the suspension soft off the top but not bottom out on the drops. Hopefully I can get a bike like that for my GF one day.... She's also Japanese.
I have a friend who is very petite and would like a 150mm rear travel mullet. She got the GT force 27.5 which has a flip chip. On low BB setting a mullet setup balances it out to aggressive geometry
More air is maybe not the way to go. Tokens and compression damping is what you should look into. Suspension setup means so much for the bike handling 👍🏼👍🏼
Everyone talking about volume spacers, but nobody talking about the fact that rear shock has full compression and rebound adjustment. Dial in some compression if you're bottoming on big features.
Yuka-san, the rear shock works like this. If you add more air, you're making the (air) spring stronger (stiffer) throughout its movement. If you like the beginning and mid stroke to be the same but want more bottom out protection, try adding a token or two. The Rockshox Super Deluxe only has a Low Speed Compression adjustment so slowing it will not improve much for drops. The LSC is mainly for compensating for your leg input (like pedal bobbing) or really pushing into sweeping corners with your legs. If you feel the rear is sagging too much, slow the LSC down a couple of clicks and try again. For drops, the only way to adjust bottom out protection on the Super Deluxe is by using tokens. Check to see what's in there, then add a token, aim to use the same air pressure or 2-3 psi less than what you used before and try again.
🌈I like your simplified approach. Your video shows "real life". More "down to earth" than these pro videos... It makes you want to... I like the parts where you analyze the obstacles and routes in addition to being very well filmed on the way. Even if you clearly have the means to have high-end equipment, you keep it simple. Good road ! 🏁
I love your enthusiasm and never say die attitude! I subscribe to 10 other mountain bike pages on UA-cam, including bcpov , I'm finding I look forward to your videos the most. I am a 60 year old ex motocross, road race rider from back in the day so my body is pretty beat up now and as much as I'd love to get into riding mountain bikes my old injuries are pretty prohibitive. So I live vicariously by watching all the UA-camrs mountain bike videos! Keep posting those videos as I love watching your progression!
Glad to hear you like your Santa Cruz Bronson. After 13 years on a Specialized Carve Pro 29er hard tail I finally went full suspension and plonked down the $$$ for a Santa Cruz Bronson. It was worth every penny. Rock gardens that used to rattle my bones and shake my teeth loose are now incredibly smooth. Landing jumps on trails use to involve bouncing, steering and braking adjustments to keep my bike on the trail - Not anymore - I’m landing like a swan on water - cushioned and smooth with complete control. I love the “reverse mullet” or 29” in front and 27.5” in back on the berms - like laser tight tracking on these turns. A total and complete game changer whether I’m rolling along on the flats, climbing steep technical inclines or BOMBING the steep downhills I feel in complete control on this bike. Thank you for your video. You are a HARD CHARGER and that’s inspiring!!!
When I got a pro suspension setup they recommended 20-25% sag for the fork, which is actually a softer initial ride then 30%, due to not interning the mid stroke too early. Try it!
yuka, as much as i appreciate how nice it is to ride a bike entirely personalised to suit your riding - some of the parts that came on your bronson might have been a good idea to keep on the bike!! enjoy your new ride ! :))
I feel kind of honored that my comment was highlighted 😂 have fun on your new bike! And for your bottom out issue, try to not land with as much weight on the read, I do the same thing when I'm scared by a drop, I move back and it makes my landing "back heavy"... Of course you can try a token too in the shock
I am 165 cm and have been looking at the same bike, except that the small still appears to be a bit big for me and the x-small does not come as a mullet and I really want a mullet. I hope to be able to demo a Bronson soon in both sizes. I would highly recommend testing the x-small bike. I did in some other brands and absolutely loved the really small sizes as it greatly increases the bike and body separation and it makes it so much easier to on difficult sections of the trail, whether in the air or on the ground. Good luck Yuka!!!
I know my bikes are getting bigger and bigger every year! But I’m 158 and size small seems okay so for you, XS might been too small🤔 I hope you can demo the bikes soon!
I'm glad you're happy with the new bike. You can't really go wrong with a Santa Cruz. But whenever I hear someone say 'maybe I wouldn't have crashed if I had more suspension', I don't think that's ever the case. A new bike always feels a little odd at first. By all means tweak your setup to get it feeling good, but it's not the suspension, or lack of mm travel that makes you crash.. 😉. Keep riding and having fun!
Looks like a good setup 29” front good stability and better traction in rear going a bit smaller in size but you have skills also wow can’t wait to see more vids thanks for sharing
Its not a bad setting just because you use all the travel, In theory if your suspension is set up right you should use all the available travel, especially off drops at the upper end of your comfort zone. Also as you prob know when adding more air you may also consider slowing down your rebond by a click or two to stop the "pogo" affect. Adding a spacer will help your shock ramp up at the end of the stroke and give you that extra support you might be chasing rather than adding air and loosing the supple feel on the chatter. OH forgot to ask what has happened to Eric? looked like his hand was bandaged up or was it a half cast under the bandage? hope he is ok
I’m so glad you got the new Bronson! So cool! And yes, you always seem nose heavy on drops, even on the old bike. I’m no expert, but... what first comes to mind is learn how to to do soft landings with a bmx bike off of 3-5 foot drops, or a hard tail Mtb for that matter. I feel like you need to learn how to throw the bike around more. You have the trail skills for sure, but you need to work on choosing whether or not or front or back tire hits first and how to handle those situations.
I ride bigger drops on a hard tail just adapt your body and get used to taking to drops and you won't be concerned with 10mm of travel. Really just try to make your back wheel land first and it helps absorb the drop.
Nice bike Yuka!!!! Enjoy it. I always put one spacer under the stem, I don't like to have the stem as first contact over the head tube bearings cover. One 5 mm spacer is enough to avoid the brake levers hit your frame (maybe yours do not hit the frame in a fall.
Yuca I’m so stoked I just picked one up for myself and I love it it is so confident on the steeps in the bike park. I am an ex-motocross racer and the spike feels just like a motocross bike full confidence when you’re putting down the power and the states are pulling you down the hill
Wwlcome to the Santa-Cruz-Club! Looks like most Riders love their Bike. You can save a lot of money by buying the previous seosons model, if it's only available. So did I ! More than 30% off. So I had a fantastic start into the season and I hope you will enjoy your bike to!👍
I try really hard not to recommend shit, just because I ride it, but I have had good experience w/ Santa Cruz (at least the frame). I think they're a bit spendy, but all bikes are getting even more expensive with inflation now. I think you really have to look at what type of riding you do and find a bike that fits that. I don't particularly like super crazy slack bikes. Santa Cruz seems a little bit on the conservative side compared to other companies.
Hell Yeah! I left a comment guessing it was the Santa Cruz Bronson and I got it right! I’m from Santa Cruz CA too so it’s pretty badass to see many people riding them.
The rockshox super deluxe probably need 3 tokens to avoid harsh bottom out. That’s the max number of tokens allowed. You can run slightly lower air pressure so you still maintain small bump sensitivity
On those bigger drops, more speed and not sitting on the seat will help you immediately. You may have been on the seat, I couldn't tell. But I like your bike a lot! And I really like your channel! Don't even worry about your "lack of skill". It looks like you're having a blast and that's all that matters. What good is all the skill if you can't have fun? But anyway, keep up the good work! I really like what you've done on here!
Not the Nomad? You can mullet the nomad. Santa Cruz recommends to not mullet the Nomad, but on my Nomad it works just fine. Also it has more travel. 170mm!! But other than that, NICE! BIKE!
No! 😒😝Is she ill? Just taking the mick out of the word ' sick', which really means near enough the opposite of how you're using it. How about awesome, amazing , superb, brilliant, stupendous, incredible, awe - inspiring, unbelievable , spectacular, mesmerising, stunning etc etc? Or if all those just arent enough for you then make up a new word . Blazanking? Projeezive? Anything but " sick"!! You'll just call me an old boomer or something, which I'm actually not only by one year. However even at age 20 I hated the whole bad meaning good thing. 😄😀
Santa Cruz is the best brand there is in my opinion. Many varieties too. If you want something hardcore the Bronson and Megatower. If you want playful, the 50-10 and tallboy. Either way love all of their bikes! Great choice. Evil, Specialized, and Revel are other brands that you may love!
Great Video, just discovered your channel after watching BCPOV channel. I'm not a bike expert, but the length of your headset, or stem post seems a bit much. I'd be concerned that when landing a massive jump, your head might snack into it.
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You should try putting a volume spacer in the rear shock. That way you can have the suspension soft off the top but not bottom out on the drops. Hopefully I can get a bike like that for my GF one day.... She's also Japanese.
A volume spacer in the rear shock is exactly what I was going to suggest! :)
@@heatherb2680 same
I have a friend who is very petite and would like a 150mm rear travel mullet. She got the GT force 27.5 which has a flip chip. On low BB setting a mullet setup balances it out to aggressive geometry
Yuka just needs to ride DVO T3 Topaz for sure she would love it! 😊💚
@@BengLang84 As a current owner of a T3 Topaz, I definitely agree!
More air is maybe not the way to go. Tokens and compression damping is what you should look into.
Suspension setup means so much for the bike handling 👍🏼👍🏼
I love how you're uploading more often. Ride safe Yuka!❤️
Everyone talking about volume spacers, but nobody talking about the fact that rear shock has full compression and rebound adjustment. Dial in some compression if you're bottoming on big features.
Yuka-san, the rear shock works like this. If you add more air, you're making the (air) spring stronger (stiffer) throughout its movement. If you like the beginning and mid stroke to be the same but want more bottom out protection, try adding a token or two.
The Rockshox Super Deluxe only has a Low Speed Compression adjustment so slowing it will not improve much for drops. The LSC is mainly for compensating for your leg input (like pedal bobbing) or really pushing into sweeping corners with your legs. If you feel the rear is sagging too much, slow the LSC down a couple of clicks and try again.
For drops, the only way to adjust bottom out protection on the Super Deluxe is by using tokens. Check to see what's in there, then add a token, aim to use the same air pressure or 2-3 psi less than what you used before and try again.
🌈I like your simplified approach. Your video shows "real life". More "down to earth" than these pro videos... It makes you want to... I like the parts where you analyze the obstacles and routes in addition to being very well filmed on the way. Even if you clearly have the means to have high-end equipment, you keep it simple. Good road ! 🏁
Congrats! Drop the pressure back to recommend but add a volume spacer. Be mint.
I love Chris King hubs, I have one from 15 years ago. My rim totally exploded so once I save up and rebuild the wheel it's back in action!
I love your enthusiasm and never say die attitude! I subscribe to 10 other mountain bike pages on UA-cam, including bcpov , I'm finding I look forward to your videos the most.
I am a 60 year old ex motocross, road race rider from back in the day so my body is pretty beat up now and as much as I'd love to get into riding mountain bikes my old injuries are pretty prohibitive. So I live vicariously by watching all the UA-camrs mountain bike videos! Keep posting those videos as I love watching your progression!
Glad to hear you like your Santa Cruz Bronson. After 13 years on a Specialized Carve Pro 29er hard tail I finally went full suspension and plonked down the $$$ for a Santa Cruz Bronson. It was worth every penny. Rock gardens that used to rattle my bones and shake my teeth loose are now incredibly smooth. Landing jumps on trails use to involve bouncing, steering and braking adjustments to keep my bike on the trail - Not anymore - I’m landing like a swan on water - cushioned and smooth with complete control. I love the “reverse mullet” or 29” in front and 27.5” in back on the berms - like laser tight tracking on these turns. A total and complete game changer whether I’m rolling along on the flats, climbing steep technical inclines or BOMBING the steep downhills I feel in complete control on this bike. Thank you for your video. You are a HARD CHARGER and that’s inspiring!!!
When I got a pro suspension setup they recommended 20-25% sag for the fork, which is actually a softer initial ride then 30%, due to not interning the mid stroke too early. Try it!
Yuka ! New bike! have fun! that's so cool!
Congrats!!
I love my new bike 😍
@@VanGirlYuka Me too :) 🚴♂️🤘
Hell yeah Yuka !!!!! Welcome to the Santa Cruz family 🤟😎🤙
Thank god.....been a long wait...I am sure you will have much more fun on the trails. Congratulations.
I’m having sooooo much fun! Thanks😁
Having fun is the whole point. I think you're on the right track with this bike.
Yuka is an extremely brave girl...
A fall, several falls, and still keep going and stronger ...
That new bike confidence is in full force! Awesome video Yuka!
yuka, as much as i appreciate how nice it is to ride a bike entirely personalised to suit your riding - some of the parts that came on your bronson might have been a good idea to keep on the bike!! enjoy your new ride ! :))
the mustard yellow gold dream machine 😂
I love mountain biking!
But we don’t have many trails where I am so it’s mostly like road riding over hills.
same
Move to NZ here we have tons of really good mountain bike tracks and VERY good views😊
It took Dale something like 35 attempts to clean Time Killer entrance, you got it on the first attempt.
👀
Whata great bike! And banana slug yellow! Hope you have mountains of fun on it! 😋
happy new bike day yellow my favorite lol
I feel kind of honored that my comment was highlighted 😂 have fun on your new bike! And for your bottom out issue, try to not land with as much weight on the read, I do the same thing when I'm scared by a drop, I move back and it makes my landing "back heavy"... Of course you can try a token too in the shock
I am 165 cm and have been looking at the same bike, except that the small still appears to be a bit big for me and the x-small does not come as a mullet and I really want a mullet. I hope to be able to demo a Bronson soon in both sizes. I would highly recommend testing the x-small bike. I did in some other brands and absolutely loved the really small sizes as it greatly increases the bike and body separation and it makes it so much easier to on difficult sections of the trail, whether in the air or on the ground. Good luck Yuka!!!
I know my bikes are getting bigger and bigger every year! But I’m 158 and size small seems okay so for you, XS might been too small🤔 I hope you can demo the bikes soon!
You’ll love the SC MX in the bike park for sure 🤙🤙🦾👏
I think the technique you should be doing is put your body lower during drops. And when your back wheel is on the lip, extend your arms
I'm glad you're happy with the new bike. You can't really go wrong with a Santa Cruz. But whenever I hear someone say 'maybe I wouldn't have crashed if I had more suspension', I don't think that's ever the case. A new bike always feels a little odd at first. By all means tweak your setup to get it feeling good, but it's not the suspension, or lack of mm travel that makes you crash.. 😉. Keep riding and having fun!
Looks like a good setup 29” front good stability and better traction in rear going a bit smaller in size but you have skills also wow can’t wait to see more vids thanks for sharing
Its not a bad setting just because you use all the travel, In theory if your suspension is set up right you should use all the available travel, especially off drops at the upper end of your comfort zone. Also as you prob know when adding more air you may also consider slowing down your rebond by a click or two to stop the "pogo" affect. Adding a spacer will help your shock ramp up at the end of the stroke and give you that extra support you might be chasing rather than adding air and loosing the supple feel on the chatter.
OH forgot to ask what has happened to Eric? looked like his hand was bandaged up or was it a half cast under the bandage? hope he is ok
You should make "OYOKOSHO!" t-shirts!! :)) Beautiful new bike! What happened to Eric's hand??
Might want to also look at adding volume spacers if you keep bottoming out vs just increasing the air pressure. Love the vids!
And Yuka crashes are honestly pretty graceful I mean let’s just be real here when she crashes she usually comes out right on time
Awesome video and riding Yuka. New bike looks fab you enjoy riding it. 😀😁🏴🏴
Love that Bronson! Great choice👍
If you like the 30%sag but want to avoid bottoming out try a volume spacer or two or three... they make the pressure much more progressive
great choice on bronson. rented last year model, and it felt better than my old stumpy
Congrats yuka... great bike... volume spacers for both suspension, specially for big drops.. Awesome video.
I’m so glad you got the new Bronson! So cool! And yes, you always seem nose heavy on drops, even on the old bike. I’m no expert, but... what first comes to mind is learn how to to do soft landings with a bmx bike off of 3-5 foot drops, or a hard tail Mtb for that matter. I feel like you need to learn how to throw the bike around more. You have the trail skills for sure, but you need to work on choosing whether or not or front or back tire hits first and how to handle those situations.
may I suggest cutting captain stabby down (the stack height it kinda high??) haha
I left mine high until I rode it and figured out where I like it. Maybe she’s doing the same.
Really love your channel. Wish you all the best and hope you're crashing a little bit less with your new bike!
I ride bigger drops on a hard tail just adapt your body and get used to taking to drops and you won't be concerned with 10mm of travel. Really just try to make your back wheel land first and it helps absorb the drop.
Nice bike Yuka!!!! Enjoy it. I always put one spacer under the stem, I don't like to have the stem as first contact over the head tube bearings cover. One 5 mm spacer is enough to avoid the brake levers hit your frame (maybe yours do not hit the frame in a fall.
Nice! Loving the colour ❤️
Well not just the bike but the setup really helped you out a lot! Ride safe Yuka!
Propain Mountain bikes is one of the best check it out, one of is Propain Rage and Spindrift
I find it helpful to borrow a shockwiz for a day when setting up the suspension on a new bike. Maybe you can give it a try.
New santacruz Branson bike!! Congratulations Yuka .
Yuca I’m so stoked I just picked one up for myself and I love it it is so confident on the steeps in the bike park. I am an ex-motocross racer and the spike feels just like a motocross bike full confidence when you’re putting down the power and the states are pulling you down the hill
Awesome bike, I have one ride on my new Bronson! Absolutely everything I wanted in a bike! Congratulations 🎉
Congratulations to you too! Have fun with your Bronson ❤️
Congrats on your new Bronson!! I totally love my 2020 Bronson. I can't wait to see more videos of you on your new SC.
Awesome! Love my Bronson
good choice Yuka 👍
Welcome to the Santa Cruz family 👍✌🍻💜🎉
Love your guys videos for sure! I watch each one every time!!
Wwlcome to the Santa-Cruz-Club! Looks like most Riders love their Bike. You can save a lot of money by buying the previous seosons model, if it's only available. So did I ! More than 30% off. So I had a fantastic start into the season and I hope you will enjoy your bike to!👍
I try really hard not to recommend shit, just because I ride it, but I have had good experience w/ Santa Cruz (at least the frame). I think they're a bit spendy, but all bikes are getting even more expensive with inflation now. I think you really have to look at what type of riding you do and find a bike that fits that. I don't particularly like super crazy slack bikes. Santa Cruz seems a little bit on the conservative side compared to other companies.
You might be a bit too far back in those drops and that's the reason for bottoming out, especially if landing nose first. Gorgeous and awesome bike!
The forbiden dreadnought is a long travel version of the duid, look's pretty interesting.
You made a good choice, I say this because I have one as well
Great vid yuka😃
Really a nice choice yuca
Nice bike, love the colour 😊👍🏻👍🏻
Volume spacer in the rear!!!! Congrats on the new bike!!!!!!
love the bike and ur vids yuka, keep it up but just please cut down the head tube 😂
Hell Yeah! I left a comment guessing it was the Santa Cruz Bronson and I got it right! I’m from Santa Cruz CA too so it’s pretty badass to see many people riding them.
The best bike is the bike that fits you the best.
For the drops try to get more speed, you'll be just fine beautiful. 😎👏🏼✌🏼
use your manual skills on the drop to like manual off the and and push out so you land ob both wheels.
You have the best falls ever. Good videos.
It’s about confidence and you are a really good rider. I can’t ride those trails
The rockshox super deluxe probably need 3 tokens to avoid harsh bottom out. That’s the max number of tokens allowed. You can run slightly lower air pressure so you still maintain small bump sensitivity
Great Bike Yuka! Try DVO suspensions for sure you will love them! 😊💚 Ride safe always! 😊
Saw a gold Bronson at my LBS the other day. Looked really good. Almost made me want to sell my Megatower. Almost. Glad you like the new bike!
I love your videos. The new bike is sick.
This is one of the only bikes that have been designed around the wheels instead of converted into a mullet
Love the channel Yuka !! Thanks for the footage. SUBBED !!
Insaaaaane bike, Yuka. Congratulations!!!
On those bigger drops, more speed and not sitting on the seat will help you immediately. You may have been on the seat, I couldn't tell. But I like your bike a lot! And I really like your channel! Don't even worry about your "lack of skill". It looks like you're having a blast and that's all that matters. What good is all the skill if you can't have fun? But anyway, keep up the good work! I really like what you've done on here!
Not the Nomad? You can mullet the nomad. Santa Cruz recommends to not mullet the Nomad, but on my Nomad it works just fine. Also it has more travel. 170mm!! But other than that, NICE! BIKE!
I love the way she pronounces stuff.
I like Yuka's tenacity. She falls and gets right up. Did you make a video on you helmet rig? I want to set up my Stage helmet for videos.
sick yuka, and I definitely see improvement in your riding. keep on shredding. love your videos.
No! 😒😝Is she ill? Just taking the mick out of the word ' sick', which really means near enough the opposite of how you're using it. How about awesome, amazing , superb, brilliant, stupendous, incredible, awe - inspiring, unbelievable , spectacular, mesmerising, stunning etc etc? Or if all those just arent enough for you then make up a new word . Blazanking?
Projeezive?
Anything but " sick"!! You'll just call me an old boomer or something, which I'm actually not only by one year. However even at age 20 I hated the whole bad meaning good thing. 😄😀
I added a mullet link to my Specialized Enduro, for a short legged fellow like me it works great! Mullet ..This is the way!
Yes! This is it😁👍
Yucca is stacked👍😂
Santa Cruz is the best brand there is in my opinion. Many varieties too. If you want something hardcore the Bronson and Megatower. If you want playful, the 50-10 and tallboy. Either way love all of their bikes! Great choice.
Evil, Specialized, and Revel are other brands that you may love!
I love how Yuka is willing to go big and crash! (My next bike may be a slack mullet HT)
congrats on the new Bronson Yuka!
absolutely good bike for you👌
Spartan bikes!!! cool shirt those guys/gals rock!
If you bottom out with proper sag, you should add volume spacers not air.
Awesome choice of bike. I've been wanting to demo a mullet bike to see what it's like
Awesome bike Yuka!! Santa Cruz rocks!!
I know that moment, sitting in front of your new bike and thinking ''you are beautiful''.
I never see a girl vloger who do downhill ride, nice keep it up
Congrats to an awesome bike. I have the hightower and absolutly love it
Nice you got my bike! (That I own in my dreams 😂)
Nice bike!! And keep having fun and you'll progress well.
I’d like to ride the new Bronson. I’m really curious about the mullet setup.
Now I can’t think of riding a non-mullet bike 😁
Great Video, just discovered your channel after watching BCPOV channel.
I'm not a bike expert, but the length of your headset, or stem post seems a bit much.
I'd be concerned that when landing a massive jump, your head might snack into it.
you are welcome