The MBUK Podcast

This man changed MTB geometry: how Chris Porter ignored norms and built Geometron


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Chris Porter is one of the most outspoken, and influential voices in mountain biking. Even if you’ve not heard his name, if you’re riding a modern mountain bike, it is likely his influence is found within the frame.


Chris started his mountain bike industry journey as a journalist on mountain bike magazines, which led him, in a round-about way to working on MBi magazine, and others.


He then moved into the world of suspension servicing and tuning, as well as managing a World Cup DH team.


From there, his love for experimentation to find the boundaries of performance led him to, eventually, designing the Geometron brand.


So out-there were those bikes that numerous engineers from mainstream brands purchased their own Geometrons, to see what all the fuss was about - how many future bikes were influenced by those bikes is unknown!


We discuss his career, his unique stories, and dabble with a little technical talk about floating bushings…

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