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Meta v5... finally we are seeing the end of "go longer reach" Some damn good rider at crankworx said to me: "long reach is a selling point for riders who are learning, such as kids, once you know how to go straight its time to go downhill " - he went on to talk about how its common to see young kids riding next size up frames or being on an adult size earlier than they should be. By his "time to go downhill" reference is: DH bikes generally have shorter reach to stand the rider up so they can...

As usual, I took a couple guesses as to what's hiding under the wraps on the Demo prototype. The first pic (Option A) is a true six-bar similar to the DW6 layout, while the second (Option B\) is a four-bar with a sort of MX-style shock linkage around the BB. Option A is extremely progressive, likely far too much so given the current trends away from those sorts of designs, while Option B works very well (in my humble opinion) but doesn't seem to quite line up with the photos we've seen as accurately as Option A. If anything, both...

That puts me at 540-550mm reach, which is about where I'd like my reach to be.

Wouldn't it make sense to have the +- values relative, not absolute? +20 mm of reach is a bit more when you're starting off 400 than it is at 500 (okay, +5 vs. +4 %, still). Come to think of it, technically better, practically a lot more cumbersome. Carry on.

I'm an old style crazy funky junky in my 60s who likes to ride DH for fun so it's a BMX for me!