Not A Dw Link
Jessep said:
it's a DW-link isn't it? Just check out an iron horse to get the picture of how it works..
The DW link and the Haro linkange is not the same.
People need to understand the differnces in Virtual Pivot designs, they are not all the same nomatter what your buddy has told you. Santa Cruz, Intense, Iron Horse, Giant, all have VPP bikes but the placement of the linkages is where the money is at.
I don't know much about the Haro's linkange system except that the bottom link pivots around the bottom bracket. Haro claims this eliminates peadling forces and cahin forces on the suspension. The upper inkage you can clearly see in any picture you have seen of the bike.
The main problem with this suspension and all VPP suspensions that are NOT DW is that the VPP is not in front of the bottom bracket at all times. This makes the suspension suseptable to braking forces. however on a five inch travel bike that has a supple suspension braking forces may not be a big deal.
I will say that at the 05 sea otter Haro released a prototype of the bike. Their XC pro wanted to race the bike in the short track event because it pedaled so well. that is saying a lot, when an XC racer wants to change equipment before a race it must be good.
