Nina gives us an insight into her pre-race warm up routine, ambitions for the season ahead, and details on her Santa Cruz Bronson trail bike
Nina Hoffmann of the Santa Cruz Syndicate reasserted her dominance at Round 2 of the British Downhill Series in Fort William. Piloting a new and updated version of the V10 DH Bike, still-to-be-released, Nina took the win in style, putting almost two seconds into the 2022 World Cup Overall Winner, Camille Balanche. The win rounded out a consistent weekend for Hoffmann, who took P1 in Saturday’s seeding run, too.
We also met with Nina’s mechanic, Ethan Jones – not to check out her race bike, which remains off limits for now, but to check out the bike that Nina does quite a few more miles on. For much of her training, she heads out on her; a 150mm travel bike dedicated to a mixed-wheel configuration. This is an updated model of Santa Cruz’s do-it-all mountain bike, complete with sag window on the non-drive side and a Glove Box for the easy-access storage of snacks and trail side fix essentials.
So to the audio hypnosis – it contains a relaxation part at the beginning to get into a hypnotic trance, then we visualize an optimal race day and connect this feeling to a personal trigger to elicit it later before a race. I’m about to publish a paper about my work, then everyone can read through it. And yes, I do hypnosis and meditation by myself.It is no secret that yourself and the wider Santa Cruz Syndicate race team are on the next generation Santa Cruz V10.
In the suspension department, Nina runs a Fox 38 Factory Fork with the GRIP2 damper, and the Fox FLOAT X Factory Shock. Weighing 73 kg, Nina’s preferred settings see 70 PSI in the fork with use of a single volume spacer. She runs the LSC at 9 clicks, HSC at 8 clicks, HSR at 5 clicks and LSR at 4 clicks – all from closed. The shock is pressurized to 150 PSI, with the compression dial at 5 clicks from closed, and the rebound at 6 from closed.
For speed control, Hoffmann relies on the Shimano XTR 4-Piston Brakes, with 203mm rotors of the IceTechnologies Freeza flavor. These sandwich an aluminum center between the steel braking surfaces, a center that fans out toward the hub in a bid to expedite heat dissipation. Nina also runs finned brake pads for the very same reason.
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