If you only look at Formula through the lens of mountain biking, then their decision to start making suspension nearly a decade ago would seem like a strange one. Yet when you pull the lens back a little and realise that they have been making suspension for motorbikes for many years now it starts to make for more sense. When you then appreciate that they have been making suspension for the likes of Honda for many years the more appropriate questions seems to be why did it take them so long? Driving their push into mountain bike suspension is Luca Rossi, their suspension engineer. With a background in motorcycle racing, he brings a very different perspective to their products which in many cases take a different approach to the more established players on the market.

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