On The Pegs February 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 2 | Page 141

On The Pegs
THOMPSON
BUILDS A SET OF FORKS
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and one of my best friends.
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I know how hard Josh is on rear brakes.
Yeah, exactly. Lately this year he’s been pretty good.
But in the past years that I’ve worked for him, it was
ridiculous. I remember one round he won, but we
also went through a lot of rear brakes. It’s kind of give
and take. If he’s winning, then that’s one thing, but
if he’s not winning and he’s going through all the
brakes and stuff, that’s another.
Do you change pads during a race?
The last enduro we did change pads, but he’s been
pretty easy on rear brakes lately. It’s just like bleed
them and send him on his way.
How easy is Josh to work for; Is he super picky
on certain items?
He’s not too picky. If there’s something that he
doesn’t like or something that isn’t right he feels like,
he’s definitely going to let you know. If you build a
bike how he wants it, then it’s not going to be an is-
sue.
What is he hardest on?
I went over that with Timmy. He won an enduro. He
was winning a bunch of tests enduro, but he was also
spreading rear calipers like crazy. But he was winning
the tests, so it didn’t matter that he was doing that.
But he’s pretty easy on equipment, to be honest.
Clutches, he’ll go through some clutches and stuff like
that. Other than that, he’s got a lot of finesse on the
bike. He’s not running into trees or anything like that.
I’ve worked with some riders in the past where it’s like
he’s coming out of the test and you’re like, what’s it
going to be with this bike now? But he’s got a lot of
finesse on the bike and he’s pretty agile with it, too. n