Their needs may be different, but weird anecdote:
I was having trouble finding a comfortable and balanced setup with the Fox 36 on my Tracer 275. In the midst of playing around, I tried Richie's settings just to see how "wild and out there" that extreme a setup is. Turns out it was absolutely perfect for me. Suddenly carried much more speed, and the bike was far more responsive. In no universe am I a pro level rider, and would hesitate to even call myself an amateur. I'm a hack, I'm slow, and I'm aggressive through the rocks. It makes no sense that Richie's setup would work better for me than anything else, especially the silly pressures he runs.
Since then, I've been paying much closer attention to what the enduro pros run because their settings just work for me, far more so than whatever manufacturers recommend as a baseline. Because of that, I also pay closer attention than before to what equipment they're running.
May 23, 2022, 6:30 a.m. - delta5
Their needs may be different, but weird anecdote: I was having trouble finding a comfortable and balanced setup with the Fox 36 on my Tracer 275. In the midst of playing around, I tried Richie's settings just to see how "wild and out there" that extreme a setup is. Turns out it was absolutely perfect for me. Suddenly carried much more speed, and the bike was far more responsive. In no universe am I a pro level rider, and would hesitate to even call myself an amateur. I'm a hack, I'm slow, and I'm aggressive through the rocks. It makes no sense that Richie's setup would work better for me than anything else, especially the silly pressures he runs. Since then, I've been paying much closer attention to what the enduro pros run because their settings just work for me, far more so than whatever manufacturers recommend as a baseline. Because of that, I also pay closer attention than before to what equipment they're running.