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I'm guessing 'bzt bzt' sounds are much more easily sold than buttery smooth suspension. Can't see/hear the buttery smooth suspension. And your factory level suspension comment confirms it even more

$2500 “transmissions” would lead me to believe that price isn’t actually the limiting factor, marketability, aesthetics, and what they think will sell likely has more to do with it. How many people do we see riding around on factory level suspension that don’t actually know how to, or ever bother to check suspension sag. Price can’t be the issue

A lot of things are "easily" doable, modern capabilities or not. The limiting factor more often than not becomes the price.

I think the Lefty Max went to 140mm...

See Also: Linkage forks.

Really bugs me that aesthetics dictate so much with mountain biking.

Bikers: We want innovation! Also bikers: Not THAT much innovation!

Are you seriously worried about 50g difference in shock weight on a 63mm stroke shock? I could cut my hair and lose 50g 😂 In my case where in the total system, the bike is maybe 20% of the weight, 50g especially on a performance suspension component is a trade off I’m willing to take.

Absolutely. They're horrendous on MTB. What about moto shocks with those lovely spherical bearing top eyelets being the norm? Want to try that one day for sure on MTB.. Seems some companies have tried just not the big playas!

I disagree- needle bearings only work in clean environments like engineering textbooks. Haha

They are similar to the fox ones but thread together and have some sealing/crush ptfe bands in there to hopefully prevent creaking.

Wiper seals are meant to keep dirt/grime OUT. Not air in, that is what the seals on the air spring side do. Yes, air can/will get trapped in the lowers. This design should not have an impact on how air could potentially pass from the uppers into the crown if in the event of this hollow crown being developed. AND it would be highly unlikely the design would allow damper oil to pass to the air side (I could be wrong), patents are typically drawn up in a way that could show the options/possibilities to cover full breadth of designs...

My first thought when I saw this post was that Fox should probably sort out their non-hollow normal crowns before they start casting cavities and holes in them.

He owns a Darkmatter he races DH with.

Sure it‘s not just an Antidote Darkmatter?

I hope the new Vivid will be easier to change the volume tokens on than the old one (required special tools). When I owned one, I knew I needed to add tokens, but never got around to doing it because of the hassle before I sold it. In the photos,

95kg an no issues using full travel on my 170 & 180mm zeb on Big hits if i ask it to. a friend had issues getting full travel on his so he had it serviced/bushings done and its been excellent ever since.