There's so much going on in MTB - and plenty of bro science. With so many equipment and setup options, and multitude of factors affecting performance in races, how is it possible to figure out what's best for you? Think of it this way: you could have the perfect bike for the course and your best ever fitness, but over-pacing in the first 30s of your race could throw it all away! Are hardtails faster? Can you beat someone simply because you have different tires? Will your suspension setup make you brake differently? We've been doing some races and trying new things, and have found wildly different results. Matt and Will are 1:1 in the local series despite different approaches in training and execution of races. We explore what makes one rider faster than the other in this episode across a number of factors, and have science to back a lot of it up - just what you need to get faster in your next race, whether XC, DH or Enduro.
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