In a way, it seems ridiculous that it’s taken this long for Martin Maes to win a round of the Enduro World Series. He’s had the pace for a long time and has come close more than once; and yet, quite unbelievably, he’s still only 19 years old. He’s not even officially old enough to compete in the senior field. But he chose to anyway, and that decision payed off here in Finale Ligure, as the young Belgian took the win in style at the final round of the 2016 season.
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Straight after the race, we caught up with Martin and his team-manager/mechanic, Mark Morrison. He gave us the juicy details on the bike Martin rode to victory.
The frame
At around 186cm tall (Mark estimates), Martin rides a size-large GT Sanction. It’s totally stock, with a standard FSA headset, and no offset shock bushings. With a 170mm travel Fox 36 fork, we measured the head angle at a tick under 66 degrees. So far, so normal.
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Suspension
Martin was running a Fox Float X rear shock, which is apparently what he uses all the time. We asked if he’s experimented with Fox’s Float or coil X2 shocks, but according to Mark: “there’s a good feeling with this shock, and it’s got lockout for the climbs too.”
As for suspension setup, Martin is running 200Psi in the shock, with 73Psi in the fork. The off-the-shelf shock (no custom tuned damper here) was set to its lightest compression setting when we checked the bike over, while the fork’s Low-speed compression was set 16 clicks from closed (8 from fully open), and the High speed compression was set up pretty light at 18 clicks from closed (4 from fully open).
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The details
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