I will freely admit the anti-squat stuff is above my pay grade at the moment.
Full-squish bikes are a whole other endeavor that I'll get to soon enough.
But, this sort of came up in conversation the other day, talking about cushcore inserts. Or at least, a somewhat related discussion.
When you think about what the suspension is actually doing on the bike, it helps to categorize the 'inputs' ie, small bumps, big hits, that sort of thing.
So when people talk about the suspension's 'small bump compliance', It's really more of 'medium bump compliance', as the tire system takes up so much of the small bumps, vibration, and 'chatter' that we usually don't even realize.
Then beyond that, our bodies can take up the big hits (bending at the knees, elbows, etc)
But of course comfort is only a small part of what the suspension does. Maintaining traction is of course a big aspect as well.
I don't know if any of that is helpful to the discussion, but it was funny that it came up in conversation for myself recently.
Also, (in the huck-to-flat vid) did anyone else notice how some of the bikes seem to 'oscillate' between the front and rear suspension? Like, the phenomenon pvd brought up, but it looks like the front and rear seem to "trade places" of which one is the tire rebounding and shock compressing.
The Santa Cruz Nomad is a good example of what I'm talking about.
It could just be that some of the bikes did not land level, one tire or the other hitting first, or maybe they are interfering with one another in the system.
Again, not sure if that's useful, but it caught my eye.