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Amaury Pierron – Working With RockShox to Win World Cups

March 3, 2026·56 min·5 clips
Amaury Pierron reveals how a technical wet track and composed riding led to a stunning 4.8-second World Cup victory.
This episode features an interview with World Cup downhill mountain biker Amaury Pierron and RockShox engineers Craig Miller and Jason Boyd, discussing Amaury's recent racing highs and lows, injury recovery, and the collaborative tech development behind RockShox's new suspension systems. It explores how athlete feedback drives innovation and benefits everyday riders.

As heard by us

Race feedback turned into suspension design you can feel.

Chris Hall keeps the focus on how rider feedback moves from World Cup downhill testing into RockShox design, with the linear air XL air spring as the clearest example.

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You want World Cup suspension talk that turns athlete feedback into real fork changes.

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