Vorsprung Suspension — Steve Mathews

We talk to Steve Mathews of Vorsprung Suspension about moving to Whistler and breaking everything in the bike park; studying automotive engineering as the closest thing to getting a degree in bikes; founding Vorsprung and developing suspension products; leprechauns(??); magic bikes(???) and a whole lot more.TOPICS & TIMESGrowing up in Melbourne & racing DH (1:37)Studying automotive engineering as the next best thing to a degree in bikes (2:18)Founding Vorsprung to avoid working outside in the winter in Whistler (3:44)The Corset, Luftkappe, & making air suspension not terrible (14:50)Competition in the suspension industry (25:17)The Smashpot and Secus — the next steps (35:04)Tractive & Fractive (42:01)Electronic suspension & leprechauns in your bottle cage (50:39)Dual-crown enduro forks, linkage forks, & the future of suspension (1:00:02)Steve’s big idea (1:24:24)RELATED LINKSEp. 38: The Strangest Bike? Structure Cycleworks founder, Loni Hull Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.