Suspension Set-Up Masterclass | MBR & Mojo

[@abelramos8652]

I feel this man would be not only my mechanic but even my psychotherapist

[@srao8350]

This gentleman is a suspension genius

[@youtubeattacker]

Not really lol. Just different tone. Try ask Morgan Freeman to narrate suspension setup. With Han Zimmer as scoring. And directed by Christopher Nolan.

[@Sphoxros]

That would be EPIC O.O! lolz

[@ThunderStruckMTB]

While I'm certainly no novice when it come to suspension setup, I still really enjoyed this..... Great info, laid out in easily to understand terms and the interviewer didn't interrupt with a bunch of useless replies. Well done guys!

[@Antweak83]

ThunderStruckCoach well put. I totally agree.

[@southernaccent]

Hahaha, love it! Bob Ross of suspension!

[@TapsaTre]

:D

[@JamesStoup]

This is probably one of the best suspension setup video's I've watched. I love how the focus is on setting it up to the rider. Notice how he glossed over sag/air spring rate and said that will change based on how hard you're pushing the bike. Explaining how he gets balanced and focusing on no compression unless needed to adjust ride high in certain sections of trail is huge. Much much better than the other sag/rebound/compression setup videos.

[@kukko83]

This man has the enviable skill of talking sense, while performing a delicate mechanical operation. For me it's either-or.

[@mdgeroy]

Absolutely no nonsense set up tips and recommendations. He knows his stuff.

[@WasabiWei]

This is the best technical video I have seen in quite some time. Chris Porter took a deep dive into the material rather than just handing out factory spec. guidelines. Although he suggested baselines he explained what to look for while adjusting for terrain/surface and rider style. Great explanations! Thanks so much! That was a true Master Class.

[@arfmf]

Here I an one year later to seccond that. I would like to add that the reporter was great by staying silent and letting the master teach, his tone overflows knowledge and commands attention with ease... beautifull... as a newbie learned so much from this great video... I'm watching this 2 years later, still spot on.

[@jandevuyst5864]

​@@arfmfwell said!

[@Cakeborb]

love his honesty. "don't use that" (the high speed compression on the fork). saying you should try to get the air pressure and volume spacers to do the work of getting it balanced and correct before you start using compression. Good stuff

[@chadrides914]

ASMR for mountainbike guys. Loved this. Lots of good information. Thanks for sharing.

[@KA5Hx]

Who knew Ser Jorah knew so much about suspension

[@mikehawk120]

Dude was awesome. Love his chill demeanor. Need more like him around.

[@rgmtb]

How amazing would it be to have him setup our bikes! I've got missed feelings after watching this video. On one hand I now realize just how amazing a proper suspension setup it. On the other hand I'm wondering if I will ever even come close to knowing enough to get my suspension dialed in. Even if I think my suspension is dialed in today I'm going to wonder if it could be better. Great video!

[@chadrides914]

Regular Guy Mountain Biking don’t obsess over it. Just ride your bike.

[@Mr_RichardH]

That's a great 12 minutes. He really knows his stuff.

[@brettneuberger6466]

This video will eventually end up on one of those unintentional ASMR channels with a zillion views. Great info and very soothing.

[@starsky8351]

Great video, Im a return mountain biker after an 18 year gap. Sooo much to learn. My other bikes were coil so good to get an understsnding. Ive had to learn all the riding skills again so Im not very agressive out on the track. I was only using half the travel from other recommended setups. I see now that I need to set it up for me and by current riding style. Thank you for this, great vid!

[@hogepief]

Love the background info on *why* you would bother with some of these settings. Best suspension set-up vid I have seen in a while!

[@walterlafleur8961]

This is so good. I've been thinking about low speed compression a lot lately and this really set off a lightbulb for me. Using LSC to load either the front or the rear during corners is something that would have taken me a long time to come up with.

[@thepalmpilot3g]

By far the most educational suspension setup i've ever watched!!!! Thanks for the great info

[@neilriordan9300]

over complicated load of bollox my head is hurting.

[@l.carroll9076]

Really enjoyed this. Gave me a lot to think about with my setup on my Fox 36 and X2. I'd be stoked to see more content like this.

[@MBAStudios]

Really great video ! I have watched a lot of suspension setup vids so far, but this is really one of the best.

[@jandevuyst5864]

Enjoyed every second of this video! Nicely and understandable explanation, more info here than most 20min or more suspension videos! I m already curious for your next posts. Good job guys!! 👌

[@willshawyer7280]

Bloody thank you, I was going bonkers with the x2 setup

[@hallstewart]

Great explanation thanks. I lock the fork on my HT on smooth standup climbing,for support.

[@Bigcubefan]

This video makes me feel like I set up my bike completely wrong.

[@willshawyer7280]

You’re not wrong

[@jussiniemi3.07]

That guy could teach anything and make it interesting and easy to learn! Great video guys!

[@willd0g]

I took notes! Very informative

[@0ntoowheels]

SIr, I need you in my life. Suspension angel of some sort!!

[@urbanthedk4653]

I finally know how to set up rebound. This lad is suspension God

[@hobmarg]

I like Chris' rebound approximation test of looking at the entire bike as it moves through travel (car park test). Haven't heard that one before.

[@CarlosSanchez-cq1lf]

what is the meaning of life?........ suspension setup....... suspension setup is the meaning of life.

[@oieyes]

Hahahaha

[@nickhobbs955]

This was really helpful, thanks!

[@silentrac]

Some good tips, which ill be trying on tomorrows ride, but now I need this for my Bos DeVille and Bos Kirk , they are a PITA ...

[@allenglishknives6823]

Excellent! Will be using this video to help with my setup. Thanks 👍🏻

[@ladicius]

He blesses the suspension.

[@Musicsson]

Very nicely explained. Even a new understands it.

[@gpa1978]

best explanation ever

[@SouthernSender]

This was an amazing video!

[@jonundercover]

I use low speed compression on my hard tail fork to keep the front end higher preserving the geometry.

[@Ridegucci]

mate this guy knows his physics

[@BaldAlan]

That information was completely lost on me but, I still enjoyed it!

[@Psyplus]

Jorah has recovered well from the greyscale

[@jasoncruz3506]

We need more videos like this

[@MousesGjee]

Thank you for teaching sen master!

[@theodounis]

Can you pls do a review setup tune for the fox dpx2

[@archetypex65]

Spot on tutorial mate 👍✋ Thank you.

[@theodounis]

Great video Chris Porter can you do one video on the fox dpx2 and fox 36 fit4 150 mm boost

[@timquain5341]

Wow! I didn't know Jorah Mormont knew so much about suspension!!!

[@Hawlkeye-e9p]

Crackin legend. Epic boss, mega respect. Good man.

[@CMneilB]

Excellent informative stuff, thanks

[@richardmiddleton7770]

Locking out the front is for climbing and sprinting out of the saddle in XC racing.

[@adammccarthy2157]

Ahhh the sound of a gritty fox compression dial on its way to seizing up .... great

[@RobHill00]

Master class indeed!👍🏻

[@thim8009]

He should be a genius to match a 34 fork with an x2 shock

[@chadrides914]

Thim can you explain what you mean by this?

[@tonykasunic1]

This guy is my hero

[@tehsimo]

The brain on this guy

[@83maller]

He is the Oracle of all things springy

EPIC!!! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!

[@John_D2]

I wish they had a mojo in the states..

[@ApfelmannYT]

cool video!

[@adlar2005]

I own a hardtail... yet I'm here watching this!

[@totalglitch]

What alternative can you use besides fox float fluid? Can you ise the slickoleum or wpl oil instead? Thanks

[@coreymclernon]

So awesome. Master Jedi.

[@johnjohannemann536]

Great info 👍🏻

[@clubdredd1337]

This is some info right here!!!

[@jozefvladovic7949]

nice man...it was so clear

[@pibblesnbits]

Nice seeing hope brakes on a bike.

[@collinmcballin]

WOW EXCELLENT VIDEO

[@brendanscott8989]

what are those rims/wheels they look nice... Also this guy is sir jorah mormont the shock whisperer

[@georgewrves7911]

Excellent.

[@richardchick4133]

10:08 You can firm up the fork so you dont lose power when pedalling in the standing position !

[@DanielHanson343]

Exactly !

[@chm1701]

RichardChick. Yes, on the flat. He was referring to riding up a hill with it locked out and the front end staying propped up and not sitting in its sag position. So essentially, the fork locked out, creates a higher front end and causes you to lean more forward to put weight on the front. Makes sense to me.

[@DirtbergTV]

How do you lose pedalling power through your fork?

[@coopercampbell1674]

your suspension absorbs it rather than it going into the wheels, so on and so forth

[@nathan42694]

tom harrison having the body positioned to far foward while pedaling puts the weight more into the fork, and vice versa. Find the balance of body position

[@doubleaadoubleaa5538]

Love the wheels on that bike! Which model wheels are those?

[@Windband1]

Don't know the model, but those are Crank Brothers.

[@tomt5386]

Asking why you would want your front end to ride "higher" while climbing is a bit of a misunderstanding of terms I would think. All it does it to keep the bike from diving in situations where you literally do not need much suspension. I would agree with him. I run full open all the time....but I can understand where a bigger out of the saddle climber may need that "dive protection switch" when climbing.....

[@miguelnavarro2571]

Good insight....don't believe I caught what the high and low speed rebound settings were on the X2 shock. Anybody??

[@chrisoliver6690]

Mind still boggled...what are volume spacers for?

[@FhargaZ]

If Thom Yorke says the suspension goes like that you better listen to him! 😂

[@TapsaTre]

Good stuff!

[@equi]

i love this guy

[@n8_vel868]

Im always tweaking with my suspension way too much, wish I can bring it to a place that can set it up perfectly for me.

[@felipefarias7654]

I'm kinda confused, the guy from Vorsprung Suspension said that the best way to dial the rebound on the shock was to close de HSR and work with the LSR, if you need your suspension faster then just open the HSR until you get the desired rebound. This kinda contradict what this guy says about HSR at 5:09. Any thought on this?

[@MBRmagazine]

We would say there are no right or wrong answers when it comes to any aspect of set-up, just differing opinions. Try both and see which one works best for you.

[@richardhayter3919]

I would listen to Steve at Vorsprung any day of the week and not listen to the most on KZbin, just my opinion.

[@richardhayter3919]

@@MBRmagazine "There are no right or wrong answers when it comes to suspension setup" realy, REALY ? This may be why there's a lot of confused riders and even more poor setups.

[@TheNewYorkDiver]

This is ASMR for me

[@dragonfire3102]

I just bought this shock , I'm Going to be running it with a boxxer on a gt fury 1.0 what happens if I don't put volume spacers in it ? I'm 190 , I have no clue about this shock I'm kinda scared feel like I bought something really exspensive an it's going to suck !

[@josereneducharme142]

Watch it...and watch it again.

[@jake30966]

Can you please tell me how much torque is needed to attach my Fox Van RC Performance to my 2018 Mondraker Summum ?

[@stefanoskam3578]

thank*s for that useful lnformations!!!

[@ojciecchrzestny4659]

I have a Fox float DPS can You do jumps on firm mode? On firm mode should be completely stiff? Mine on firm mode still does movements

[@muschebubu9]

I live in Oregon can I ride it on the beach

[@esvegateban]

Anyone else came with the conclusion he thinks suspensions are overly complicated for no reason at all?

[@finncable5466]

How much does the tester Jamie weight and how much pressure is he running in the shock thanks??

[@parisgalanis9165]

What was the reason for so many volume spacers in the X2? Did you bottom out?

[@living4adrenaline]

Make your rebound fast and balanced. Noted.

[@krislimmer6532]

Why did you take out the spacer limiter and only put in one reducer? The limiter area is bigger than a reducer

[@bobdunahee88]

Did he just add one compression spacer in place of the red one? 80 KG myself and running about 170psi and already added one extra in place of the red one (three total) is it safe to run 2 extra total of 4 in a 2.25 shock?

[@thefuzz83]

That little black dial on my 36 FIT4 is an "OPEN MODE" compression adjuster. Not a LSC adjuster. Is the 34 FIT4 set up differently?

[@nicoofner85]

The adjuster for the open mode is lowspeed compression

[@Axsel85]

I find the factory settings for my weight adequate for every day riding.

[@chadrides914]

Vachau 01 factory setting for my fox 34 and fox float were both far too soft for my everyday riding. I bottom out constantly. I’ve got volume spacers on order.

[@Jaymachine]

Jedi of Suspension

[@hdgjkag]

Great thank you 🤙

[@bigkiv47]

You've never owned a Cane Creek Coil have you...... Complicated?

[@Bonky-wonky]

I have a CCDB, fairly straight forward to set up if you ask me. Just get to understand what the knobs are doing first, then get a good middle setting. Fine tune when riding a familiar track: right amount of lsc so the bike is balanced when cornering and pumping, ride some rocks/roots and see if there's any harshness, meaning the hsc is too heavy, see if it does follow the terrain nicely, if not back down the lsr a bit. Do some lippy jumps and see if the bike's either too bucky (too little hsr) or feels lethargic (slightly too much hsc) then pedal for a bit and feel if the bike's bobbing around too much (too little lsr). And don't be put off by the number of clicks, really wide range but this can be narrowed down quite a bit to a useable range of about 7-8 clicks, everything outside that are bs settings that you can easily identify as such if you know how a bike should feel.

[@raupenimmersatt6906]

BIGKEV 61 The Fox has the same adjustments .... its not hard- go with the suggestes base setup and work from there

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

I got the CCDB coil cs. Is it just me or is it hard to fuck this shocks setting up?

[@neilclarke8817]

Great video but I’m still confused due to conflicting information on the net, I’ve Fox 34 Elite 2017, ride all sorts really but try to stay off fire roads. So the Ride Fox website says 15 to 20% for my model (actually they only list 120mm but mines 130) sag tool provided was for 120 as well. Most other videos including this one state 25 - 30% sag. So in my case rode all the black runs at my local trail centre fairly spicy i would say and only used 70% of my suspension all day. Do i ignore the FOX website and go with 30% which may help me use all my suspension or carry on using 15 - 20% and try volume spacers? Surly fox that designed the fork knows best?

[@MBRmagazine]

Try a slightly lower pressure in the fork and slightly more sag. Don't add volume spacers, as this will only make it harder to use all the travel.

[@neilclarke8817]

Mountain Bike Rider thanks for the reply - i meant to say take out a volume spacer - I’ll try more sag and play about with it

[@LS4830]

Amazing 😳