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Given that I'm 5'7" and likely not the target market for 32" I'm still excited to see how it all shakes out; it's entirely possible that something that benefits all riders comes out of it. If nothing else I'm looking forward to seeing the various ways builders come up with to design frames around bigger wheels.

I'm 6'7", and I'm so excited by the potential. All I'd say is that if you aren't interested in these wheels, don't use them. But please don't ruin it for me. It's ok if not every product is for you... lord knows 99% of bikes don't fit me, and I still enjoy learning about them.

I agree with your observations. Here's my latest creation. split High pivot pinion gearbox downduro bike. 210mm travel for 75mm stroke. around 120% anti-squat, 90% anti-rise, 25% progression. Next design will have a motor in it as I feel this analog one outside of small design details, is about perfect for my use with the current available components.

I am super down to learn how to do it manually, I want to understand what I am doing when I design bikes and how to manipulate the linkages to get what I want out of the bike.

You get a like for full sized paper design. Oh, and some cool bikes! For the record. Here are my homemade bikes. https://dirtmountainbike.com/bike-reviews/homemade-bikes-big-bird

All fabrication done by myself in the garage. I have small benchtop mill, benchtop lathe, and an oxy-propane brazing set up. Jig is also garage made out of cold rolled steel a design copied from a number of Colorado builders that use a similar design. The first single pivot frame was build with hand files, hacksaw and a vise. No jig and no machines, just a couple of pieces of cheap aluminum angle to float the rear axle in space relative to the front end. A full size paper drawing was done to figure it all out.

First rule of frame design, ignore marketing crap. Compare a whole bunch of different designs in Linkage and realize that everyone is slowly converging on the same thing. The window of preferred anti-squat and leverage ratios is narrowing in on roughly 100% anti-squat at sag and a LR of 20-25% linear progression starting around 2.8 to 3.0. Anti-rise seems to still be down to designer tastes or a compromise of the chosen linkage platform / shock location. The more time you spend in Linkage the more you realize everything has already been done...and thus why the window of optimized designs...