CascadeComponents

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https://cascadecomponents.bike/
We have developed a range of linkages that cater to aggressive riding in rough terrain by delivering more traction and more bottom out resistance. If you ride for the downs, look no further!

All linkages are fully CNC'd right here in Seattle, Washington USA.

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Everett, WA, USA

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9/18/2020

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CascadeComponents Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

35 minutes ago

The patent was never actually granted. It was issued a non-final rejection based on being an obvious combination of prior art. If you don't respond to that within a certain window the patent office considers it abandoned. So anyone that wants can have at it.

CascadeComponents Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

19 hours ago

The nighttain has a 20T for the larger of the jackshaft rings, not sure about the smaller, and a 27T chainring. A chain link rotates 11.25 degrees (22.5 total) going onto and off a 16T idler and 9 degrees going onto a 20T ring. Add in the fact that there are two rings on the jackshaft and that's at least...

CascadeComponents Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

7/25/2026 6:23pm

And then next thing you know there’ll be position sensitive damping and I’ll be sitting here wondering why so much complexity has been added all to solve something easily doable with a linkage. Springs in series result in a crazy low initial spring rate unless you’ve got at least one very stiff spring in there. Half of what they help...

CascadeComponents Added a reply to Specialized Demo 11 - What do you want to know about it?

6/24/2026 9:12am

Without looking at any numbers for it, I'd assume the link primarily gets used to control leverage curve and the dog bone primarily gets used to correct geo. You may very well have combos where the alterations to the link would produce undesirable geo on their own so a dog bone has to be used with it to get the...

CascadeComponents Added a reply to Specialized Demo 11 - What do you want to know about it?

6/23/2026 3:06pm

I wish it was something that made sense to do. The reality is there aren't that many DH bikes out there. To be able to distribute the development costs enough to have a reasonably priced product we'd need pretty much everyone who owns a new Demo to buy something. It would be a fun project no doubt though.

CascadeComponents Added a reply to Kinematics

6/8/2026 2:41pm

Yeah on a more supportive bike it's not happening. The amount of time I spend around 70% on the SJ15 in all it's linearity with the Genie is wild though.

Bobs_is_better_than_A-line Liked a reply to forum topic 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/2/2026 12:31pm

Can you make aftermarket cable routing too?

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CascadeComponents Added a reply to Tweaking Norco Sight Mix and Match Linkages

6/1/2026 5:20pm

Does anyone who's done this 29 link and 27.5 shock mounts have a BB height they can share? It has been a long time since I've looked at the Sight and don't have it in front of me to double check anything. By the dimensions I have, it would be an increase in travel, progression, and BB height.

CascadeComponents Added a reply to 2026 MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation - Longer and Slacker

6/1/2026 4:49pm

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robrixon Liked a reply to forum topic Tweaking Norco Sight Mix and Match Linkages

5/25/2026 9:31am

Double checked my real-life measurements on drawing below - after scaling it using the bearing dimensions - and they correlate pretty closely. Part No.8 is the RH lower shock mount.

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CascadeComponents Added a reply to Kinematics

5/25/2026 9:30am

Entire force under the curve is the drop to flat type scenario. For square edge hits you can still look at area under the curve, though. It just starts from whatever the initial position of the shock is instead of zero. If you were to say you’re cruising along and then slam into a really big bump that’s big enough...

TheSuspensionLabNZ Liked a reply to forum topic Kinematics

5/25/2026 9:06am

Here goes the results from sticking an image in to Linkage, so there is potential for some error but is close to what I've seen elsewhere and shows 26% progression, but most of that is early on as Cascade predicted

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CascadeComponents Added a reply to Kinematics

5/24/2026 6:56pm

It depends on the shape of the spring curve for the air spring. The curve has a vague S shape to it. Initially it will be stiffer than a coil, then softer, and then stiffer towards end of travel (or not in some cases). A small volume air shock can have an insane amount of ramp to offset that mid-stroke...

CascadeComponents Added a reply to Kinematics

5/24/2026 6:41pm

Don’t have the dimensions for the V4 offering so not able to plug that in. I’d imagine it’s like the previous ones where the majority of the progression happens earlier in travel though.

CascadeComponents Added a reply to Kinematics

5/23/2026 10:43am

HBO can exert anywhere between way less and way more force than a rubber bumper since it’s dependent on the speed of compression. And then, like you said, it doesn’t increase rebound speed compared to a rubber bumper. The one argument you could maybe make for rubber bumpers is that there are some scenarios, like a long sweeping berm, where...

CascadeComponents Added a reply to Tweaking Norco Sight Mix and Match Linkages

5/22/2026 5:53pm

These two triangles

CascadeComponents Added a reply to Kinematics

5/22/2026 10:52am

A bunch of comparisons mainly looking at wheel force because that's what you really feel not the leverage curve. 160 mm bikes with different progression amounts normalized for identical sag at the wheel. Including -4%. The wheel force plot is purely looking at wheel force due to the spring. As you can see, there is a very significant difference at...

CascadeComponents Added a reply to Kinematics

5/22/2026 10:21am

@Shinook copying this over to here so as to not continue blowing up tech rumors... This doesn't match my experiences. I tried both air and coil shocks on my Murmur and preferred the coil by a very wide margin. It felt absolutely horrible on air for me. I had 0 issues with bottoming out on rocky sections and pretty much...