The GOAT's ride for Sunday's downhill World Championships men's elite race

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By Robin Weaver, George Scott

This is the custom-painted Santa Cruz v10 that Greg Minnaar will ride as he bids to defends his downhill world title in Les Gets, France, this weekend.

The Santa Cruz Syndicate rider won a fourth world title in Val di Sole last year, at the age of 39, and his V10 will wear the number one plate in Les Gets as a result.

As you’d expect for the downhill legend, Minnaar’s Santa Cruz V10 has a few tricks up its sleeve for Saturday’s race, including a custom lower link on the Fox DHX2 Factory rear shock, prototype Shimano rear derailleur, a new set of pedals for the worlds and a smattering of signature Minnaar parts.

The Fox shock is complemented by a Fox 40 Factory fork, with suspension data gathered by a Motion Instruments data acquisition kit.

Burgtec provides the Ride Wide DH bar, with Minnaar’s signature Burgtec Bartender grips, while the 29in Reserve DH carbon wheels, spinning on Chris King hubs, are wrapped in a Maxxis Minion DHR II tyre at the back and Minnaar’s signature Assegai tyre on the front.

Let’s take a closer look.

Rob Weaver is BikeRadar's technical editor-in-chief. Rob manages all of the testing here at BikeRadar and across our magazines, Mountain Biking UK and Cycling Plus. Rob first graced the pages of MBUK back in 2001 when working as a freelance writer and went on to start testing bikes for the title in 2007. In 2010 he joined the team full-time and has been keeping a close eye on all things test-related ever since. Rob’s expansive knowledge of bikes comes courtesy of his passion for racing. He cut his teeth racing cross-country mountain bikes in the early 90s before finding his feet in downhill. After many years competing on the UK national circuit (including a year attempting to race UCI DH World Cups), Rob realised his know-how and passion for bike setup, tech and writing clearly outweighed his racing ability. A degree in sports technology and decades of riding experience all help to give Rob a thorough understanding of what’s needed to create a great bike or product. While Rob’s a mountain biker at heart and never happier than when he’s sliding down a Welsh hillside, he’s more than happy to put the miles in on the road or gravel bike, too.

George Scott is BikeRadar's editor-in-chief. He has been writing about bikes for more than a decade and riding them for much longer. He's a road cyclist at heart and is happiest in the mountains, even if he can't climb them particularly quickly. George has ridden the Etape du Tour, Maratona dles Dolomites and Haute Route sportives, but has also caught the gravel riding bug. George also contributes to the BikeRadar Podcast and YouTube channel, and, as well as being the former editor of RoadCyclingUK.com, has also written about cycling for Rouleur, Cyclist.co.uk and T3.

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