Giant DH

There’s no better place to test a product than on the demanding NORBA and World Cup downhill racing circuits. It’s where you make or break a design, and Giant has been racing long and hard to bring you the best possible performance available today.
In our relatively brief racing history, Giant downhill riders have garnered US, United Kingdom, Canadian, European, World Cup and World Championship honors. The DH design is an example of input from Giant riders, who spend countless hours training, testing and racing on the most demanding terrain in the world.

As with other Giant designs, the DH suspension system achieves what no other suspensions have been able to. In the big hit, big drop world of downhill racing and freeride competitions, most downhill suspensions can handle the big hits. But to do so, pedaling efficiency and small bump sensitivity suffers. However, with Giant’s unique single pivot four-bar linkage, the suspension is able to take big hits with a progressive, plush 8.25-inches of travel, while still being sensitive to small bumps, such as braking bumps as you enter a hard corner. The more sensitive the rear end is to small bumps, the better your rear tire stays in contact with the ground, and the better your rear brake works. The better your rear brake works, the later you can brake into the turn, which means you carry more speed through the turn and accelerate faster out of it.