How Do Enduro Pros Set Up Their MTB Suspension?

It's the last EWS of the year and riders are up against one of the rowdiest courses of the season in Finale Ligure. With seven stages over two days we check in with the pros to see what suspension the pros are running in Italy - hard or soft?
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[@samwoodhouse4480]

Yoann behind the tent 😂😂

[@ln663]

I think Barelli’s laugh makes the commencal tent a fun tent

[@SaleenS351R]

Yoann.. hahah. He's the best

[@SingularityCSGO1]

Yoann always makes me so happy hahah, such a fun guy!

[@prajwalpingali]

He's one of my favorite pros till this day, funny, always happy, and just having a good time!

[@JasonHudsonmt]

I wish they would ask how much sag they run and then cover damper settings. Hard and soft is all relative.

[@pinkbike]

Jason Hudson we've made a note of this and we'll make sure it happens next time

[@JasonHudsonmt]

Pinkbike nice, that will be great 👍

[@todoxe]

they should not miss months without showing videos again. you have to keep the spirit and interest up. a series of videos of what happens "behind the scenes" would be a good example for that. thank you for the good work you have given us during these months.

[@respectablebogan3276]

Yoann!!!!

[@ulysseslehnen6964]

BobaFett MTB i

[@MrBjorntsc]

Is your suspension hard... not interesting at all. What are the pressures, tokens, tune,... etc

[@flyingtiger4991]

they most likely will not share that information during a race weekend... it's highly competitive ... i mean we have to be real about what we can expect them to say, they aren't going to strip down there shock/fork and show us the exact valving, oil weight/volume, and everything else they might be trying... i'm just sayin'

[@AG.Floats]

It's all up to preference and depends on the trail you are riding. Just copying settings is silly for anyone to do.

[@MrBjorntsc]

It's just click bait, it doesn't cover the topic at all. Even if you don't decide to use someone else's settings, it's still interesting...

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

How much pressure or many tokens is not a secret nd not intresting for anyone else. Its like asking for someone elses shoe size.

[@davidlawrie5551]

@@obi-wankenobi9871 i would strongly disagree

[@rhpmountaintrail9206]

I totally agree with the other comments looking at the name of this video. I expected a lot more detail, PSI , sack rate, tokens tyre , pressure , rider weight now that would've been useful. For example, I am personally 13 stone 10 lbs. My bike is a specialised Enduro carbon elite 2017, 170 mm travel front and rear, three tokens in the front, 98 psi, 20% sack, rebound seven clicks from full open, compression wide-open , minions DHF double casing, rocky conditions, 24 psi rear shock, 30% sack using auto sag same setting regardless of body weight, seven clicks from full open same as front, again minion DHF, 24 psi, no tokens in shock . This seems absolutely perfect for relatively rocky terrain, which you can see in my latest video that I have uploaded getting blown away at the Malvern Hills . I'm not a professional rider but I hope this information is helpful. That was the sort of detail I was expecting.

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

Why? Would you also buy a shoe size, because some pro rider has shoe size X?

[@talktofrank1990]

@@obi-wankenobi9871 I would if we both had the same size feet

[@thatguy8770]

I race enduro and use a fox 40 but I raise the pressure so it feels like a pike or 34 and on the back I run regular monarch

[@johanneshockerup3017]

I quite like a hard suspension!

[@theminecraftman007]

What is the water bottle/cage that the first lady is running? I have a meta v4 and have been struggling to fit a full size water bottle like that one.

[@vrfrys]

Fabric cageless bottle!

[@patrickmeyer556]

Why is there a Pinarello Dogma Roadbike in the background at 4:47?

[@flyingtiger4991]

sick bits and pieces on those bikes ... sigh... 3 weeks ago my bike was smoking hot ... ... ... now it looks like an old rag ... LoL !!! imagine the development that will take place during the off season before the start of next years opening round of the EWS

[@prettyjohnshill76]

right now the amount of pointless development going on is phenomenal. what the industry needs to concentrate on is puncture resistant tyres! this years downhill WC is a perfect example of how races are lost because of the lack of development in tyre strength.

[@zyoungson]

Right now its about on bike storage, specialized is leading the charge imho with thier swat tools and frame storage

[@s1lwo711]

Yoann Barelli made me cry 😂

[@martinjurik6067]

guys I don´t know what you do with the sound but I cant watch it till the end.

[@rutboypatrik4140]

Where is Josh?

[@Maxischupp93]

i just love his accent, if i had to spell the word "race" how he says it its "raes(e)" :D

[@archetypex65]

0.58 in, she says we just change the rebound. Which has nothing to do with the hardness or softness of a suspension... #ugh

[@flyingtiger4991]

her English is somewhat limited ... and i've noticed they are becoming more and more coy and secretive about setup these days, especially if they think they have found some advantage. Perhaps some explanation for the non answer

[@flyingtiger4991]

funny you should mention moto gp and superbike , 'cause they sure as hell don't tell track side reporters what they are running during a race weekend

[@hobmarg]

It's somewhat related... higher pressure/spring rate = more rebound damping required to control the suspension.

[@didierb7341]

French subtitles pls

[@sj_leee4995]

yoann looks like joe barnes

[@anythinwithanengine6384]

I thought that guy was billy bolt 🤣 if you know you know 🏍

[@jackyoung5950]

What's does everyone reckon, Rockshox or Fox? Or something else?

[@JustFrana]

Rockshoc forks , fox shocks ... my opinion

[@TheJayhawk4]

MRP Ribbon looks interesting

[@JoaoRibeiro-pb2hy]

Manitou!

[@flyingtiger4991]

Ohlins .. used them for years on formula cars .. i have no doubt they would be THE shit on a bike

[@themagicillusions]

JustFrana I agree!!!

[@crudolol]

Fox 36 for Enduro? Why Not 38? Sorry im a noob.

[@EricaMTB]

Because the video is 3 years old

[@cri_su]

espresso... why not! :D

[@CullenHerring]

The syndicate mechanic just clamped a fox transfer factory dropper by the stanchion in their bike stand...

[@talktofrank1990]

that's how you should clamp them

[@ChannelZeroOne]

Clickbait bull. Asked the wrong questions. Tokens, PSI of the front and rear shock. Tokens, and why. Coil spring rating. Rebound and compression?

[@pinkbike]

We'll get more info out of them next year, you can count on us :)

[@drcav_photo]

If you don't like it hard you are doing it wrong

[@Whitehawkvisionfilms]

Need sub-titles ;-P

[@derektaylor2845]

Thanks for the 6 minutes of no information.

[@Gamer-so7mz]

لا اله الاالله محمدرسول الله

[@ChannelZeroOne]

Clickbait bull.

[@tonyv2382]

No suspension setups discussed at all wtf is this

[@stevenwilliams1497]

So we learnt nothing.

[@archetypex65]

Btw, all the millennial Muppets Take note rear shock öhlins coilover... not an air shock... all the fanboys are going to get their skivvies in a Twist because they think air shocks are better 😂😂😂 The best downhillers and Enduro Racers are running coilovers because they are more reliable. When an air seal blows out on a shock the shock is completely useless. This is why the majority of the top Supercross and Motocross teams are still running coilovers.

[@heygoodlookin5909]

Amen to that. Air shocks are a fad, they are simply not as good as a coil by design. Perhaps a little bit lighter, but less functional in the rough stuff.

[@lamefart]

Well, Gwinner winning 6 world cup dh titles for the past 8 years on air shocks... Coil has better small bump sensitivity but Gwin preferred hard suspension setup so he chose air over coil sprung suspensions...