If there’s one name that’s dominated the last decade of racing, it’s Greg Minnaar, the South African rider who’s proving age is no barrier to World Cup success. And if there’s one brand that epitomizes all that’s great about DH racing, both in terms of tech and attitude, it’s the Syndicate. They’ve put together a stunning bike for Greg’s World Championship run this year.
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As a tall chap, Greg runs the XXL V10. While top tube lengths have grown with the sizing, the back-end didn’t so Greg’s running a custom rear end with new linkage (the silver bit in the middle) and triangle, which matches the 10mm growth up front, with an extra 10mm out back. The new linkage helps prevent the suspension ramping up too much.
In order to squeeze that little extra length out of the bike, Minnaar has a Buzz Works headset in there, which gives an extra 8mm on the front end.
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Counteracting this extra length is an added 20mm on bar height for this track, which is consistently steep – it’s added through spacers under the stem. The bars themselves are super-wide 815mm Enve bars, which are Greg’s own signature model. The bars have 7.5 degrees sweep, 28mm rise and 4.5 degrees at the tips — this is against 9 degrees, 25mm and 5.5 degrees on the standard model.
Greg’s mechanic has a particular way of defining how wide your bars should be; with the top part of your arms out horizontal to your side and forearms pointing forward, the inner measurement from elbow to elbow should be the same as your bars. Greg’s measurements would give around a massive 900mm, but given that DH tracks have trees in them, he’s left them at 815mm.
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