{"id":385328,"date":"2022-11-20T23:04:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T22:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=385328"},"modified":"2022-11-20T23:04:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T22:04:26","slug":"video-behind-santa-cruzs-suspension-rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-behind-santa-cruzs-suspension-rd\/","title":{"rendered":"[Video] Behind Santa Cruz&#8217;s Suspension R&#038;D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMost of the engineers would consider me to be a pain in the ass,\u201d says Santa Cruz R&amp;D Specialist Kiran MacKinnon with a laugh. \u201cI wanna ride a bike that\u2019s amazing and I think that should be our standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MacKinnon\u2019s comments echo his work ethic and perfectionist tendencies that make their way into every bike Santa Cruz releases. 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