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This season of the World Cup Downhill saw the introduction of Tuned Mass Dampers being bolted to the forks and frames of Mondrakers and Treks. But what do they do? And are they worth the hype? Well, they’re banned in Formula 1 so they must be good! But, Rich Payne and Owen Coutts are here to explain what the do and show you the gains you might experience from using them. Big thanks to Rimpact for lending us their TMD prototype so that we could make this video
See how the TMD works here: youtu.be/FxvH4w3NwX0
Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
00:39 – What is a Tuned Mass Damper?
01:59 – Let’s get sciency!
04:12 – How does this translate to MTB?
06:46 – Rich does some blind testing
11:14 – How did it feel?
12:14 – What were the times?
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