As a former road racer to mountain biker, I’m surprised to see so many mountain bikers with such wide bars. Road racers get bars the width of their shoulder to be more aerodynamic. I cut my mountain bike bars to the width of my shoulders to remain aerodynamic and to squeeze through two narrow bars. My mountain bike rule... if I can get my should through two trees then I want my bars through too. Being more aerodynamic helps a lot too.
The width of your shoulders? So you're running say 440mm wide bars on your mtb? There's a reason that even the XC guys are riding >700mm bars, the added control and stability is well worth the aerodynamic penalty. If you're still happy with the 440mm bars, I'd probably buy a gravel bike, will be better suited to your riding.
@@nelsonglover3963 Shoulder width bars allows you to ride a better line too. It opens your ride line more so you can get closer to trees. If you need your bars wide for control and stability then you are not a very good rider. May want to start riding you bike on roller trainers to develop your poor stability skills and get rid of wasteful energy wiggle line rides. I’ll go for narrow bars for a better line and be more aerodynamic versus have to take a longer path line to get around obstacles. Never had stability issues with shoulder width bars. Have had very bad stability problems hitting trees when bars were too wide. To me... wide bars look like a joke. Wide bars are sold to meet the rider with widest shoulders. Cut your bars to shoulder width and you will notice your ride to be much faster or that you need roller training to develop your lacking stability skills.
I always feel some items are tuned for top performance... like a motorcross bike... but not everyone is a supercross rider... and sometimes its quite hard to detune an off the shelf item for your average off the sidewalk rider.
@@RealMTBAddict Availability is making it a bit expensive at the moment (because people are putting up prices to make up for less sales)... but pre covid I got a Giant Faith 0 (10 yr ols, for $580 NZD delivered.. needed a bit of work.. but I ended up with a solid frame well spec'd 7" DH bike for less than 1/2 the price of a 6" enduro bike. And I got 10 years great use out of a $3k YZ250.. that I still have, and never needed any motor work (I cleaned the power valve)...
@@RealMTBAddict Man... the bikes I got from the local tip shop just before Covid... best 2... an Avanti Carbonio $100 and a Specialised Hardrock Sport (grey camo) $50. Both needed NO parts/repair.
@@RealMTBAddict My mate has it and he hasn't advanced to 6" curbs yet... maybe once we take the training wheels off... (he did actually fit a carrier to it.... well I fitted it for him...) sigh
@@randommountainbiker9305 At the moment, it is inflated to about 45,50 PSI, and so the rod falls less than 10%, and on any drop the rod does not exceed 100,110mm stroke ...
@@igormitrovic8050 sounds like you need to take out some air pressure. More air makes the suspension feel hard (less sag), and less air makes the suspension feel more plush (more sag).
@@randommountainbiker9305 I let out a lot of air once and the poles got very wet, but then the bike was really slow ... So I'm trying to find some balance but I'm not doing well ...
@@igormitrovic8050 not sure how I can help you there. Maybe take it in to your local bike shop, see if they can help you. Or, you can just keep doing a bit of trial and error until you get the right sag. Not sure why your poles would get wet though.
Sr suntour only accepted you to film this because they know nobody is going to copy their stuff (kidding ofc i know.suntour has evolved quite a bit recently)
seing those guys strictly demolishing our environment is making me furious. Moreover they are acting in french alps "which is my country "under my protection"".... Natural Alps landscapes merits much more respect.
Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 444 sentadillas son unos XX18LIKE.Uno muchas y un buen ejercicio. Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😍👍 Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖 los mortalesa abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer.k
Great video. Please lower the music volume so it's equal with the interviews volume. Keep going, I like this kind of videos on GMBN Tech.
Its fine on ios but not on 5.1
Suntour is fantastic. They were hot in the 80s and early 90s. Now they are back.
Great inside vid. More of these please.
Ruzer on the drum n bass at 5:37 !!
::chef’s kiss::
Suntour looks absolutely top tier
As a lowly privateer this is a great insight, more please!
Big love for SR Suntour and DVO (Suntour manufacture for them).
Great video, and interesting to see some of the testing the teams do pre season.
I really enjoyed the inside view. Keep up the great videos.
Really interesting, thanks!
Cheers, Kyle! Safe Riding!
Great vid more of this kind of content please 👍
We're sure there will be a lot more to come throughout the year! 🙌
Very cool video. Like to see .ore like this if you can. Would like the music. At a lower volume when showing the riding parts.
Sick track
As a former road racer to mountain biker, I’m surprised to see so many mountain bikers with such wide bars. Road racers get bars the width of their shoulder to be more aerodynamic. I cut my mountain bike bars to the width of my shoulders to remain aerodynamic and to squeeze through two narrow bars. My mountain bike rule... if I can get my should through two trees then I want my bars through too. Being more aerodynamic helps a lot too.
The width of your shoulders? So you're running say 440mm wide bars on your mtb? There's a reason that even the XC guys are riding >700mm bars, the added control and stability is well worth the aerodynamic penalty. If you're still happy with the 440mm bars, I'd probably buy a gravel bike, will be better suited to your riding.
@@nelsonglover3963 Shoulder width bars allows you to ride a better line too. It opens your ride line more so you can get closer to trees. If you need your bars wide for control and stability then you are not a very good rider. May want to start riding you bike on roller trainers to develop your poor stability skills and get rid of wasteful energy wiggle line rides. I’ll go for narrow bars for a better line and be more aerodynamic versus have to take a longer path line to get around obstacles. Never had stability issues with shoulder width bars. Have had very bad stability problems hitting trees when bars were too wide. To me... wide bars look like a joke. Wide bars are sold to meet the rider with widest shoulders. Cut your bars to shoulder width and you will notice your ride to be much faster or that you need roller training to develop your lacking stability skills.
I always feel some items are tuned for top performance... like a motorcross bike... but not everyone is a supercross rider... and sometimes its quite hard to detune an off the shelf item for your average off the sidewalk rider.
@@RealMTBAddict Availability is making it a bit expensive at the moment (because people are putting up prices to make up for less sales)... but pre covid I got a Giant Faith 0 (10 yr ols, for $580 NZD delivered.. needed a bit of work.. but I ended up with a solid frame well spec'd 7" DH bike for less than 1/2 the price of a 6" enduro bike.
And I got 10 years great use out of a $3k YZ250.. that I still have, and never needed any motor work (I cleaned the power valve)...
@@RealMTBAddict Man... the bikes I got from the local tip shop just before Covid... best 2... an Avanti Carbonio $100 and a Specialised Hardrock Sport (grey camo) $50. Both needed NO parts/repair.
@@RealMTBAddict My mate has it and he hasn't advanced to 6" curbs yet... maybe once we take the training wheels off... (he did actually fit a carrier to it.... well I fitted it for him...) sigh
Crazy to see Suntour went from a crap product to world class suspension over the years.
Do you know how much PSI to inflate RockShox Boxxer WC 2014 Solo Air for weight up to 50kg?
Just looked at a pressure chart. For someone 50kg I would probably start at 20 psi, then add or remove air until you get to about 30 percent sag.
@@randommountainbiker9305 At the moment, it is inflated to about 45,50 PSI, and so the rod falls less than 10%, and on any drop the rod does not exceed 100,110mm stroke ...
@@igormitrovic8050 sounds like you need to take out some air pressure. More air makes the suspension feel hard (less sag), and less air makes the suspension feel more plush (more sag).
@@randommountainbiker9305 I let out a lot of air once and the poles got very wet, but then the bike was really slow ... So I'm trying to find some balance but I'm not doing well ...
@@igormitrovic8050 not sure how I can help you there. Maybe take it in to your local bike shop, see if they can help you. Or, you can just keep doing a bit of trial and error until you get the right sag. Not sure why your poles would get wet though.
Cool, just the sort of thing I want to see, good video
Thanks for the support, Stewart! Safe Riding!
I'm a little cynical about some of the latest tech, but it's good to be reminded there is some real engineering going on behind the marketing hype.
I can see where I'd do poorly on a team like that. All those mechanics and I'd still be wanting to do all the work myself. 😂
Cool
Sr suntour only accepted you to film this because they know nobody is going to copy their stuff (kidding ofc i know.suntour has evolved quite a bit recently)
My Suntour fork sucked.
Service it
Really nice, but on a side note, i was really hopping you guys never do the holy s**t Maj Words On Title ; its unbearable :c love you guys
seing those guys strictly demolishing our environment is making me furious. Moreover they are acting in french alps "which is my country "under my protection"".... Natural Alps landscapes merits much more respect.
Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 444 sentadillas son unos XX18LIKE.Uno muchas y un buen ejercicio. Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😍👍 Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖 los mortalesa abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer.k