Besides working as a mechanic for the Norco Factory team, Dr Kirkwood is also a leading MTB researcher at Edinburgh Napier University focused on understanding vibrations during riding. In this episode we discuss why MTB is potentially dangerous, how the bike-rider system can function optimally, and how data is used at the World Cup Downhill races (spoiler: it's not!)

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