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I had a 90 bent ball joint stuck to the front side of the upper link. And a standard ball joint stuck to the underside of the top tube. I took the shock out while mounting and made sure that in the full range of motion, the tracer wasn't getting bent or reaching the limits of the ball joints' swivel. I can't find any pictures, sorry.

I'm aware of that and am usually doing that in Linkagedesign to get proper rear wheel readings for my BYB kit. But if you use sort of "random" points between your rear and front triangle (as pictured above on that crestline), you get (at least in my mind) superfunky sensor displacement that has nothing to do with the shock movement. But I guess you could take the same approach in linkagedsign and use a high-res picture in order to get ~10 points of real wheel travel and corresponding sensor length and interpolate.

When I did it, I flipped the bike upside down, took the wheel out but replaced the rear axle. I tried to set it up so that the tires were level before I removed the wheel (extended seatpost IIRC). I then hooked a ratchet strap to the rear axle to hold it up, at the starting shock stroke position, then removed the shock. Key is figuring out what your zero stroke is, most frames can extend a bit past that. Then I measured vertically axle to floor in 5mm increments, taking corresponding measurements from the sensor stroke. When I plotted...

I've done it a very similar way in the past - I think this was an aluminium bar or timber board attached to the frame parallel to the "ground". I recorded the points then plugged it in to excel and used the fitted trendline to create the leverage curve. Although this was using the Aim system where you could make a custom math channel using that equation directly in the software I've been making progress on a set of tools to help with set up, DAQ and frame measurement - *testing magentic encoders as rotary sensors, and also a tool...

Haha, love the plastic rods label!

Thanks so much for sharing @carlinojoevideo Anyone wishing to place a preorder can do so at www.datadrivendescents.com

Adding this from @Downamics Looks like this book will be a giant unlock for anyone looking to learn more about data acquisition

This is huge! Would make dealing with my dreadnought much easier

Hello @mattattostown , Yes I confirm that with the BYB Telemetry software, it's possible to use the reverse leverage calculation (using a linear sensor). We're currently adding the integration for angle sensors too. Best, Enrico

It's kind of hard to have exciting bikes anymore, even newish brands fall into the same kind of homogenous design, marketing, and aesthetic that a lot of other brands have. For me, an exciting brand is doing something new with linkage design, and philosophy behind their design, or they have a good story or idea behind their project. Brands that come to mind for me are Ministry cycles, and Frameworks respectively. Ministry is doing something different with their linkages and experimenting with the manufacturing techniques they use, while documenting the whole process in a really laid back way. I like...

Atherton is making exciting bikes. I'd go out of my way to check out an Atherton and make a comment if I saw someone with one in a lift line or on a shuttle. I saw a '92 Bridgestone MB-0 ("zed") the other day. That was VERY exciting.