081 – Behind the curtain: DVO Suspension (Ronnie Dillon, DVO Suspension)

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In this episode Josh & Dane chat with DVO Suspension’s Master Tuner Ronnie Dillon. Ronnie has been working on the design, test, manufacture, and tuning of mountain bike suspension products for over 25 years.
DVO is a high-end suspension brand offering innovative trail, enduro, and downhill mountain bike shocks and forks. Their products are known for plushness and small bump compliance.
This episode features the following topics about Ronnie and DVO…

• history and Marzocchi roots
• Taiwan operations
• prioritizing customer relations and engagement
• historical product features like Off The Top (OTT)
• new products like Jade X Prime & Topaz Prime
• overcoming past challenges like sticky bushings and setup complexity
• partnering with WP for the new GasGas eBike suspension
• driving innovation by hiring engineering talent outside of the bike industry
• some hints at things to come (new products in development)

Links

DVO Suspension
https://dvosuspension.com/

DVO Taiwanese Factory Tour – Mo and Hannah
https://youtu.be/AJWA9C_X0-I?si=crMUD3Jfvp0ueVgZ

GasGas eBikes (featuring a custom DVO suspension design)
https://www.gasgas.com/bicycles/en-us/bikes.html

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1. 081 – Behind the curtain: DVO Suspension (Ronnie Dillon, DVO Suspension) (00:00:00)

2. Bike Park Rainout and Trailer Stories (00:00:12)

3. Longtime Colleagues Recall Early Connections (00:03:58)

4. Language Barriers in the Bike Industry (00:06:51)

5. Father-Son Mechanics Bonding Stories (00:10:49)

6. DVO Suspension (00:18:06)

7. DVO Fork Innovations and Challenges (00:29:17)

8. DVO Suspension Innovations and Engineering (00:36:17)

9. DVO Fork Setup Challenges (00:46:24)

10. Norco Ride-Line Setup and DVO Challenges (00:50:54)

11. Suspension Maintenance and Innovation (01:00:57)

12. Comparing DVO Suspension Innovations (01:06:12)

13. DVO Suspension Development and Philosophy (01:19:41)

14. Suspension Industry Insider Insights (01:31:48)