A Very Deep Dive on Suspension with EXT’s Franco Fratton, Pt. 3 - a podcast by BLISTER
from 2023-06-08T16:01:11
EXT Suspension founder Franco Fratton is a wealth of information when it comes to all things suspension, and in the third installment of our deep dive on suspension series, Franco and I cover everything from the tradeoffs between air and coil springs to the history of coil springs being used on wheeled vehicles; EXT’s new Aria air shock; inverted vs. conventional forks; and Franco teases an upcoming EXT project as well.
TOPICS & TIMES:
Air vs. coil springs & their historical uses (1:28)
Packaging limitations & the modularity of bikes as a double-edged sword (22:15)
Why EXT started with coils, and the lessons learned to get to building an air shock (32:55)
EXT’s upcoming dual-crown fork (38:59)
Inverted vs. conventional forks (39:29)
The future of MTB suspension (41:42)
Active suspension & how we could get there (52:42)
RELATED LINKS:
A Very Deep Dive on Suspension, Pt.1 (Ep.140)
A Very Deep Dive on Suspension, Pt.2 (Ep.146)
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