Vorsprung Suspension — Steve Mathews

Bikes & Big Ideas

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 & TIMES

• Growing 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 LINKS

• Ep. 38: The Strangest Bike? Structure Cycleworks founder, Loni Hull

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