Yeah, that's an old Cove Hooker fo sho. With an old shock. My friend didn't believe me when I told him during the Comp. They're still pretty sick. They pivot around the bottom bracket, so he didn't even need a spring-loaded chain tensioner to run Single-speed.
im pretty sure that NS (No Suspension) bikes would not come out with a suspension frame. thats just a guess though, then again i realized this is no longer under conversation, that frame looks oldschool
bikeaction.pl/binary/superliga/NS%20BIKES%20COMBINED.jpg here is an old sticker of NS - and it clearly says "northshore tested". and the company is going to release a full susp frame (or even 2 different frames), they showed the protos in friedrichshafen
Looks like NS are coming out with something cool