Hi!
I tried a mates bike for a coupe of wee down hill runs today. I was much faster on his!
(Waves at sentinel riding mate 🙂 )
His felt more direct, like all pedaling had more effect. Cornering felt easier and faster, the bike was more poppy off the jump lips.
I’m not buying a new bike- which was his suggestion 😂.
Is it worth copying his set up? upping the fork pressure, compression damping and adding more rebound damping? I thought it was all set perfectly for me!
More detail
His bike- transition sentinel with fox 36 and fox shock dpx?. 160mm at the front 140mm at the back. Hunt alloy wheels. Much more compression damping front and rear. A bit more rebound damping.
My bike- geometron g13 with pike up front and cane creek double coil Chinese carbon wheels. Slightly loose back wheel, softer tyres as it was muddy and I tried dropping some pressure to up my muddy confidence.
Similar bike weights, almost identical tyres, same pedals, similar bar width, identical pedals, almost the same bar heights.
Similar height, he’s a good chunk more padded, both bikes set for riders weight and preferances.
Track smooth berms with a layer of sloppy mud and some small 50cm high table top jumps and a couple of 1m drops.
Thanks for any suggestions ☺️