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It is in tension but anything pulling on it even remotely off axis (as will happen here) will want to pull it in line. Honest to god 4-bars are flexing A LOT. Solid rear triangle dual short link rear triangles are flexing, A LOT. It's hard to imagine that little tiny link does everything to prevent any flex of the two sides of the triangle. Especially when you have the two long sides present and are bending them more or less in line with the missing side. Though looking at the pic the short link is at an angle relative...

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Shut the fuck up about drivetrain efficiency. Holy shit. Go find a different thread.

"Ask me how I saved hundreds $$$ by switching two clicks of LSC by hand at the top of the climb." Caveat is my XC bike with Float X mounted is parallel to the top tube and easily reachable on the fly. Adjustments to LSC help more for front/rear weight balance on flat vs downhill grades, not efficiency. I rarely want the rear in "Xtra Firm" unless its a road. Love the idea of a "smart switch" that lets you configure a wide range of settings with presets on the bar. Keep the senor driven "Live Valve" part, but make...

Excuse my French, but could we fucking please stop calling bikes "analog", "acoustic", or -the worst I've heard- "bio"? Bikes are bikes. Ebikes are something else. Now get off my fucking lawn you punks!

It's not similar to a Mondraker at all. Mondraker uses a short-dual-link design with the shock compressed between both links. Ari's new design is a Horst-link platform with a rocker link that compresses the shock from one end only.

Man… this forum is screwed. Everything is turning crab, each new product launch is 1.25% better than the shitty unusable last generation, and now we are discussing solar capabilities on an ai bike that will more than likely be a kickstarter scam. The future looks great! 😃

I made custom crowns for some dorados a few years ago doing the same thing

I’m dying of thirst over here

This thread is blowing my mind, because I've had pimples that lasted longer than some of my alloy wheels.

I am not seeing how the last 4 pages of this thread have anything to do with rumors or innovation.

I'd much rather fix a carbon bike with a damaged downtube than an aluminium bike with a crack. Between the two, my money would be on the carbon bike having the longer lifespan. Aluminium fatigue is a bitch.

Remember the good old days when we talked about bikes on here?

Wait till you hear about Volkswagen!

This might help with placing it in history

evil DH bike?