Danny Hart Interview – The Next Chapter

After speculation both online and in the uplift queue it was confirmed last week that Danny Hart would be riding for MS Mondraker in 2015. Danny is part of the World Champions club and he took the stripes back to Redcar at 19 years old, the same age Nico Vouilloz took his first Elite Worlds title in 1995. Everyone remembers his 2011 win, I do, I was there. In the pissing rain, neck straining up at that hillside in Champéry. Spagnolo thought he had it in the bag but a cracked whip at the end of that now infamous run sank his hopes, Hart had done it but there is more to Danny than 11.699 seconds.

Since 2011 he's come very close, 2.076 seconds to be precise, to winning a World Cup and we headed north to find out if his new team for 2015 could be the missing ingredient needed to bring that elusive result.

We met Danny at Hamsterley Forest, he’s excited to ride and why wouldn’t he be? He’s on a fresh bike in clean kit, we all love new gear and pro’s are no different. What about racing though? Teams, sponsors and tyre pressures aside this sport is about the clock and beating the others. Danny joins Mondraker to reinvigorate him and push for more podiums in 2015.

We also talked to Dave Garland, Danny’s mechanic on Giant for the last three years and arguably the person closest to him when it comes to racing. We talked about the move, the bike, racing and looking ahead to the 2015 season. Here’s a combination of opinions from Danny and Dave as well as a look into exactly how Danny has setup his new bike.

 

2012 MS Mondraker Webisode 7 From Hafjell

this is the last issue of the 2012 websiodes of the MS Mondraker team. We have been in Hafjell/ NOR for the last worldcup round and we took some good results: Emmeline 2nd in the race, 2nd in the UCi worldcup overall and the team finished 2nd in the UCi worldcup overall. Stay tuned for next year and check www.ms-racing.at or www.facebook.com/msmondrakerteam if you want to follow the team thru the off season.

Mondraker Forward Geometry With Fabien Barel

Mondraker, lanza un revolucionario concepto dentro de la geometría del mountain bike ideado entre otros por Fabien Barel. Quien mejor que él para explicárnoslo en primera persona.

Mondraker, define así su nuevo concepto Forward Geometry:

La mejor manera de entender los cambios en la geometría es compararla directamente con una convencional. Foxy XR será el buque insignia del nuevo concepto Forward Geometry y es el mejor modelo para comparar longitudes y ángulos entre ambas geometrías, la línea Foxy representa nuestros productos más vendidos debido a la versatilidad de estos modelos All Mountain.

• La nueva Foxy FG tiene un tubo superior 60mm más largo, como consecuencia de un front-center 60mm más largo ya que el ángulo de dirección se mantiene igual.

• Tubo superior 60mm más largo + potencia de 10mm de la nueva Foxy FG = la misma longitud que con la potencia de 70mm de la Foxy con geometría tradicional.

• Foxy FG y Foxy estándar tienen las mismas distancias entre pedalier, sillín y manillar, esto significa la misma perfecta posición de pedaleo en ambas Foxy.

• La geometría general se mantiene en ambas Foxy si usamos la misma horquilla de 140mm de recorrido.
Estos cambios en la geometría muestran un triángulo delantero más largo que sitúa el eje de la rueda delantera hacia adelante, pero mantiene el manillar en la misma posición gracias a una potencia más corta. Esta es la clave del nuevo concepto Forward Geometry.

2013 Mondraker Summum

The new Summum frame has had an upgrade to offer an even better suspension performance thanks to the new kinematics and the use of bearings in the eyelets of the shock. This together with a new design of the the rear triangle allows us to shave off 200 grams with which the Pro Team version slips underneath the 15kg.

Mondraker launches an evolution geometry concept focused on our core bike range. The new Forward Geometry presents clear advantages for any categories compared with a traditional geometry, all this benefits are focused to improve the control, handling and riding confidence.

All our improves took our MS Mondraker Team rider Brook MacDonald to win one of the most exciting World Cup races at Val d´Isère.