11 MTB Suspension Tips from Jordi Cortes

If you like to nerd out on MTB suspension knowledge on the internet, then you know Jordi Cortes. Jordi is the Global Race Department Manager for Fox suspension and has decades of experience with the design and setup procedures for high-end suspension.

In this video, Mike interviews Jordi and asks 11 suspension questions that stem from both our customers and curiosity.

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0:00 Intro
2:49 Pro vs Recommended Settings
3:43 Pro Tuning Starting Point
4:31 Should you measure fork sag?
5:51 How does Jordi measure fork sag?
6:51 When to switch components?
7:40 Choosing suspension components?
9:44 Custom eMTB tunes?
11:52 eMTB coil spring rates?
12:52 What is an aggressive rider?
14:19 Setting up compression?
16:44 When to start over with setup?

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[FrankDecker]

Jordi is just the best, would be great if more people from the industry would be that honest and straight forward.

[chrish]

More Dialed please Jordi. Best channel on the toob

[HUKIT.]

Ask Jordi to bring back Dialed please.

[kentpeters]

Jordi is a suspension treasure. No hem or haw, direct answer on everything. Yes, we need Dialed back!

[mikeyp]

Wonderful advice. I tinker way too much and the "you are fastest on what you are most comfortable with" is the quote to live by.

[Couffee]

You guys are awesome and deserve more credit for the legitimacy of your expertise and online shopping space! I love the transparency and brutal honesty, you guys cut the bs and get to the point for riders.

[CalgaryDynastar]

BRING BACK DIALED!!! World cup week just isnt the same without it.

[beno]

Jordi spitting truth with the e-bike suspension. If that was the case, heavy riders would need heavy person suspension because there are people that weight up to 100kg more than some riders using the same suspension. 8:55, you got me.

[cherrymansk]

One of the top biking YT channels. Great work.

[sparky]

Awesome job on the interview. Having someone of Jordi's caliber to visit with would be a little intimidating. You both seemed to click very well. Thanks for posting this!

[markmacklin]

I think its cool that you're asking Jordi all these questions. So thanks for that. It would be nice if you could dig a little deeper into his initial answer as opposed to just hurrying through the questions. I'm sure there is so much additional context that he could expand on.

[mountainshredder]

Great job with this video! Strait to the point and explains that there is more potential to the suspension you have then people may think! Keep up the great content 🙌

[RobHill]

Always watch any video with Jordi🙌🏻 you asked some really good questions👍🏻

[hartspunken]

Awesome guy and answers indeed. Thanks for this!

[worldstallestmidget]

Hreaff to answers! People overthink their suspension set up. Just because it has clicks and knobs doesn’t mean you have to turn them all the time! I keep mine the same most mov the no matter where I am. Maybe one click either + or - of the original settings pending what I am riding! A tad less low speed for lots of climbing or a tad more high speed if riding downhill. Very simple

[ethanrevitch]

I couldn’t agree more! You’re fastest on what you feel comfortable on.

[osif]

That was really really good. Thank you so much!

[zoubtube]

Personally, the best place to start is to make sure both fork and shock have been regularly serviced (unless they are new, of course). SO many people complain about their suspension and play with settings non-stop, only to find out that they haven't serviced them in quite a while. Hell, I just posted yet another fork service video with bone-dry lowers. I've always said that the 50-hour service is the best ROI you can get on a full sus bike. And I'm positive that EVERYONE watching this video can do it. With a little guidance, I'm sure all of you can do a full service to both as well.

A fresh service is absolutely critical to getting a bike feeling right, IMHO!

[megatfaizarif]

This was very good and insightful. Awesome.

[kiethpederson]

Have a quick question I have an iso core one coming and it doesn't have a lockout shock in the rear and has a pike base in the front should I spend the extra 400 and get the one with the fox float 34 front and rear? I have two other bikes one has a Manitou mastodon with all the adjustments available in a 34 rhythm with all the adjustments available but I don't know the difference between what they do or cannot feel the difference while riding only thing I've ever done was fully lock out a couple times Any tips and suggestions will be greatly appreciated running long gravel Road terrain trails that break off from that I went with the izzo because it's a faster machine but still handle lot