Vital MTB's The Inside Line Podcast Episode 12 - Chris Hilton, Product Manager for MTB Drivetrain at SRAM 7
Always on the lookout for ways to make the mountain bike ride better.
Chris Hilton, a long-time mountain bike industry figure, left his Alabama home in the 90's to pursue mountain bike racing. When he realized he wasn't cut out for competitive XC racing, he found his way into the business side of our sport, eventually landing at SRAM some 10 years ago. Getting his feet wet with SRAM XX 2x10 drivetrain development, he's a big reason why 1x drivetrains are so successful today. Chris would dig through the boxes of random products that SRAM engineers had collected over the years, questioning if these unused technologies could be used on mountain bikes. Chris and his team pushed the development of wide-range 1x drivetrains into production as riders and racers were already running cobbled-together 1x drivetrains on their own. From XX1 through Eagle (which he originally didn't embrace), Chris has been there for some MTB's most important drivetrain refinements. Enjoy the past, the present and the future of drivetrains and bike development with a passionate rider who's inspired to make bike riding better.
SRAM Eagle First Look / First Ride from March 2016
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LLLLL
6/12/2017 8:37 AM
Great listen!
FYI I found these to be great at killing table tapping noise on lecturns, back when podcast were called just a radio magazine show...
It's just acoustically dead rubber, works a treat.
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odin
6/8/2017 9:26 AM
Listened to all of them so far and you guys are doing a great job,keep em coming.
kidwoo
6/7/2017 9:43 PM
Come on spomer, let's get a rohloff on that stache!
DubC
6/7/2017 1:58 PM
Loving the podcasts guys! Listened to every one so far.
This is the 3rd sram kool-aid pusher you guys have had on now. How about spreading the love a bit? Tons of other interesting personalities in the industry that don't actually work at sram. It would also be cool to get some international guys in the mix!
Thanks and keep up the good work!
sspomer
6/7/2017 2:09 PM
we're doing what we can...be patient.
DubC
6/7/2017 2:43 PM
Didnt mean to come across as too critical. You are doing an AWESOME job Spomer! Keep it up.
sspomer
6/7/2017 3:17 PM
no worries. b/c these are face-to-face, we're limited to who we can interview. we've talked about a non-face-to-face format but the audio quality and the conversation quality is just different when you're not sitting together. i'm hoping at crankworx this summer we can diversify the line-up a little bit.