How RockShox Tests and Develops Suspension, and Why Service Intervals Matter

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Sports, Wilderness

4.7 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Chris Mandell is the North American Public Relations Manager for SRAM where he's worked for the past 8 years. He currently lives and rides in Bellingham, Washington.

Is mountain biking suspension harder to design than say suspension for cars or motorcycles? What's different?
How much of RockShox testing is real world vs. lab based?
Is shock heat management important for the average rider?
What is the advantage of larger diameter fork stanchions?
What's the idea behind the electronic suspension controls in SRAM Flight Attendant?
Why aren't there more inverted fork designs?
What are some common misunderstandings about mountain bike suspension?
Are suspension designers as focused on reducing weight as they have been in the past? By loosening weight requirements, what improvements can be made?
What's your method for setting up a new fork?
Which suspension innovations are you most stoked about?

A full, edited transcript is available at singletracks.com.

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0:00.0	The Single Tracks podcast is brought to you by TPC, the Proz Closet.
0:04.6	Spring is the perfect time to upgrade, and TPC has an industry-leading selection of new and
0:10.0	certified pre-owned bikes, plus frames, wheels, and accessories.
0:14.7	Each certified, pre-owned bike is inspected, tested, and serviced, and every bike includes 30-day
0:20.6	returns. Visit tpc.bike
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0:30.6	That's the pros closet at tpc.bike slash single tracks and look for the link and coupon code
0:37.4	in the show notes. Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks and look for the link and coupon code in the show notes.
0:39.0	Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast.
0:41.9	My name is Jeff and today my guest is Chris Mandel.
0:46.3	Chris is the Rear Shock product manager at Schram Rockshocks where he's worked for the past
0:51.8	eight years.
0:53.2	He currently lives and rides in Bellingham,
0:55.7	Washington. Thanks for joining us, Chris. Yeah, no problem. I'm actually the former Rear Shock
1:01.8	Product Manager. I am currently the North American Public Relations person, but I was the Rear Shock
1:07.8	Product Manager for four and a half years and Lindsay Watson placed me as
1:11.5	the RR Shock product manager just a little bit ago. I'm really stoked to have a replace me.
1:16.6	Well, thanks for the clarification. I guess I should tell you maybe you need to update your LinkedIn profile.
1:22.9	I do need to update my LinkedIn profile. It's not a thing that I look at very often. That role was huge
1:30.1	for me and I had a really good time working on that team. It's like pretty fast-paced
1:37.6	environment working in the Rock Shocks product development space, especially on the rear shock side
1:43.6	of things.
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