Originally Posted by KonaRider24
And DH and rigid REALLY don't mix. It is already sad that a road bike won a short track xc event. Tell that to someone who has wrist problems because of racing with a rigid fork. While suspension on a xc bike may seem a bit odd, the suspension helps soak up the vibrations that cause wrist problems. Also xc race bikes have suspension mainly because they have to go over some rougher stuff unlike road bikes who regularly go over smooth pavement. Suspension helps to make getting over the rougher stuff easier.
A lot of people who I know that race swap out forks for the race and for training. For just training, they run a suspension fork. For the race (and only the race) they run a rigid. What short track race did a road bike win?