Downamics

World cup level data acquisition & analysis service available for every level of racer & rider who wants to go faster & find the optimum setup.

25/05/2026

First time using the app and it's a brilliant way to analyse runs.

I found 0.99 seconds on a 50 second track by analysing line choice and braking points, thanks in part to the super quiet , which means I can hear when I'm dragging brakes.

Adding custom split locations and syncing the 2 videos is really easy. The automatic detection of start, finish and split locations for the comparison video is also pretty accurate.

Typically I would do this on the laptop, and although the results are the same, the time taken to do it is much longer.

I'm a big fan of this and looking forward to using it more in the future.

23/05/2026

Best of luck if (for some reason), you see me pulling on a latex glove before an inspection 😳🧤

Frame condition isn't always obvious from the outside, it is however, usually more obvious than the condition internally.

FRP01 is getting a full endoscopy as part of the benchmarking process 📹

20/05/2026

Before a single component goes on FRP01, the frame gets disassembled, deep cleaned and inspected.

Every bearing seat measured. Every pivot housing assessed. Every axle journal checked for runout. What comes out of that process is a baseline — a documented picture of exactly where the frame is before the build begins.

This is what every Factory Race Programme build looks like before it even becomes a bike. No assumptions and no "it'll be fine." Precise, relevant and accurate numbers from which we can build and improve.

18/05/2026

FRP01 — build initiated.

The Commencal Supreme DH V5 is the chosen platform. Stripped to the last bearing.
I have a lot of history with this bike, I know it inside out and it's one of the best platforms to build a no compromise race bike.

Two years of Factory Race Programme development sit behind this frame. The data acquisition architecture, sensor methodology, and analysis toolchain were built on a Supreme V4.4 and refined on the Gamux Sego. FRP01 is the first chassis where all of it goes in from day one — not retrofitted, not adapted. Designed in.

The build sheet runs deep. Kinematics characterised on the bench before reassembly. Pivot hardware measured, mapped, and where necessary, reworked. Data channels and analysis pipelines specified upfront, not added after the fact.
But none of that happens yet.

First, we benchmark. You cannot improve what you have not measured — and the baseline starts now.

12/05/2026

A quick update for everyone who has already ordered.
Editing is taking longer than I planned. The honest reason is that every time I go back through a chapter, there's more to add — more detail, more precision, more refinement in the language. This is a technical book and it has to be right.

The word count just passed 100,000. The page count is at 481. That's not a number I set out to hit — it's just what happens when you refuse to leave anything half-explained.
I'm targeting June. I'll keep you updated as that gets closer.

To everyone who has already placed an order — thank you. Your patience and support genuinely means a lot, and I'm determined to make sure the book is worth the wait.

If you haven't ordered yet, the link is in bio. £95.

04/05/2026

Posted a story on these a couple of weeks back and the response was enough to justify a proper post.
This isn't a sponsored post, these are products I've purchased and found them so useful, I wanted to share.

Loobtoob syringes from . Sounds ridiculous. Works brilliantly. Each one labelled for a specific fluid — fork lowers, damper oil, suspension grease, grease for builds. Each syringe can have different attachments depending on how you want to apply the product, and they can have caps fitted so they're stored cleanly and avoiding contamination.

Whether it's a full bike build, routine maintenance, or a suspension service, having the right fluid pre-loaded and clearly labelled removes one more friction point from the process (pun intended). No rummaging, no cross-contamination, no second-guessing.

It's one of those small things that makes a surprisingly big difference when you're deep into a job and need to keep moving.
It's certainly better than the three old tooth brushes that I may or may not have been using previously.

22/04/2026

This contactless temperature sensor from is going to give me another channel of data to dive into.

Temperatures and heat management are factors of the performance of the bike which are probably the least understood and measured. This is especially the case with the shock, where damping characteristics can be compromised as a result of oil viscosity changes due to heat build up.

The braking systems are the other crucial component that changes behaviour as a consequence of heat saturation and management.

Putting numbers to this, analysing trends and quantifying thresholds in temperatures during a run can help to verify anomalies in performance and feedback from the rider which can otherwise seem inconsistent with other aspects of the bike's performance.

Thanks to for sending out the INFTS sensor!

You can't improve what you don't measure!

20/04/2026

Every bike has a structural fingerprint.

The Downamics Chassis Compliance Profile gives it a number.

A single score — 0 to 100 — that represents the overall
structural compliance of the bike. Not a feeling. Not an
opinion. A measured, repeatable, data-driven result.

But the overall score is only the beginning.

Behind it are six individual segment scores — each one
characterising a specific structural path through the bike. Each segment scored independently, across six degrees of freedom simultaneously — translational and rotational.

Because compliance isn't one thing. A chassis can be stiff
in bending and compliant in torsion. A swingarm can absorb
lateral load and transmit vertical input efficiently. A fork
can resist braking forces while communicating terrain feel
through twist. Understanding which parts of the bike are
doing which job — and how well — is what this analysis
is built to reveal.

That's where optimisation starts.

Match the compliance profile to the terrain and the
result is a bike that works with the rider rather than
against them. High-speed, sustained rough terrain rewards
a compliant chassis that absorbs accumulated inputs.
Technical, precise terrain demands knowing where the
flexibility is and whether it's helping or costing time.

Match it to the rider requirements and suddenly setup decisions have context. Component choices have data behind them.
The difference between two wheel assemblies, two swingarms, or two frame materials isn't just feel — it's a measurable shift
in the structural fingerprint.

This is what factory-grade race engineering looks like
applied to mountain biking through the Factory Race Programme.

ChassisEngineering BikeSetup
RaceEngineering DAQ MTBPerformance MTBData
StructuralAnalysis WorldCup

16/04/2026

Most riders have no idea what state their bike is actually in.

Not a criticism. There's simply no standard process to find out. You probably know when your bearings were last changed, suspension serviced or even a complete overhaul, but no record of original state or changes in state.
No baseline measurement before setup work begins. No record of what was found. No documentation of what changed, or why.
For me, this amount of "unknown" for such a crucial sub system isn't acceptable.

The Factory Race Programme starts with measurement. Every pivot. Every bearing seat. Every interface. Recorded before a single component is touched.

Not because we're thorough. Because without a baseline, you're not engineering — you're guessing. Throws back to a saying we use a lot - if you're not using data, you're guessing!

Pilot slots open for 2027. Link in bio.

15/04/2026

Bit of an update on Data Driven Descents.

There's been a lot of editing as a result of the proof copy — and crucially from the incredible people who have been proofreading it — so it's getting closer every day. The page count has crept up to 471 as a result, with still more to come.

I was hoping to have copies going out by the end of this month, but that's looking unlikely. As I'm sure you'll understand, I won't compromise that process to rush a release — this book deserves to be right, and every edit pass is making it better.

I'm exceptionally proud of what it already is, but it's improving with each revision. There are currently no other books on this subject, which makes writing it harder, but also makes getting it right even more important. I'll keep you posted as it progresses.
A huge thank you to the 140 people who have already pre-ordered — I honestly didn't expect that level of support, and it means a lot.

If you haven't already, you can still pre-order your copy — link in bio.

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