RockShox Rethought Everything – Inside Their New Suspension with Tim Lynch

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Sports, Leisure, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Hobbies, Wilderness

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

With the latest RockShox suspension launch, they’ve rethought everything and that goes further than just the technology that you get to ride. RockShox have even changed the development process itself, in order to bring us the biggest leap forward in suspension technology that they possibly can.

This week we’re joined by RockShox Chief Engineer, Tim Lynch, to find out what really went into developing the latest raft of gravity suspension. From ZEB to Lyrik, and Vivid Air to Super Deluxe, we’ve got you covered. This is an insight that goes beyond what you’ll have heard in the press releases, to really get under the skin of how this tech actually gets designed. So sit back, hit play and check out this episode with Tim Lynch.

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0:00.0	It's been pretty neat to just, like, get a clean sheet of paper and be able to just start hammering through some of these things that a few of us have dreamt of for a long time.
0:09.0	We have what we call magnesium Michael.
0:11.6	We have damper Drew, and then we have Airspring Alex.
0:14.6	They were calling me Tenacious Tim.
0:17.1	I guess I run around in the background and keep us all moving forward.
0:24.6	Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast, the podcast for the true fans of
0:29.3	gravity mountain biking, taking you deeper into the sport than anywhere else.
0:33.0	This episode is sponsored by Loan Pass, but more about that later.
0:36.7	If you enjoy listening to the podcast, I'd love it if you consider supporting what we do over on Patreon. In another year, where brand support is hard to come by at the levels we really need, it's great that some of you are helping us keep this thing going and bringing new fresh episodes each week. As we head into race season and start our pre and post race shows, that gets even more important. For less than a price of a cup of coffee a month, you can help out over at patreon.com for slash downtime podcast. Don't forget to give us a follow. It's as simple as hitting that button in your podcast app now or head into downtimepodcast.com for slash follow. You can also give us a follow on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok too, where we're at
1:10.9	Downtown Podcast. And for the real inside line, then you can join our newsletter at
1:14.7	downtimepodcast.com for slash newsletter. All right, this episode is a paid partnership with
1:19.9	Rockshocks, so it's thanks to them for making this conversation possible. With the latest
1:24.0	Rockshocks suspension launch, they've rethought everything, and that goes further
1:27.6	than just the technology that you get to ride. Rockshocks have even changed the development
1:31.9	process itself, in order to bring us the biggest leap forward in suspension technology that
1:36.0	they possibly can. This week, we're joined by Rockshocks chief engineer Tim Lynch to find out
1:40.7	what really went into developing the latest raft of gravity suspension.
1:44.7	From Zeb to Lyric and Vivid Air to Super Deluxe, we've got you covered.
1:48.0	This is an insight that goes beyond what you'll have heard in the press releases to really get under the skin of how this tech actually gets designed.
1:55.1	So without further ado, here's Tim Lynch.
2:01.4	Tim Lynch, welcome to Queenstown and welcome to the downtime podcast. How are you?
2:05.8	I am doing well. What a place. Yes. This is a fantastic place.
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