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Saw this on Ed Masters Story. Anyone recognize the frame?
Plus, the too much force, as far as I'm aware, it was flexing too much and a coil shock would be snapped off. The larger shaft diameters and interfaces (the aircan and all...) make air shock handle loads better. That's how I remember it at least.
I know what you mean, it was just too good to pass up 😂
Personally it doesn't seem that many modern bikes have enough progression for a coil shock when ridden aggressively.
The frames are designed around low volume air shocks that have highly progressive spring rates, probably to hit those catalog weights.
In my personal experience, I've found that bikes tend to come with with springs that are too light for the size. This could have to do with me being a dense boi, and brands wanting to make the bike approachable for less experienced riders. Or if you want to be cynical about it, it might be to make the bikes feel super plush in the store parking lot, and have you need to buy another spring.
Edit: if you super zoom in, date on the screen is oct 14. Which means they likely have functional prototypes either by now or on the way in the near future
Also, seems like shock has separate positive and negative air chambers. One valve on each side of the air can