my guess is the take the shock guard on the downtube off to reach it.

 just as handy as a glory..

 hey look a hardta...OH!

 that bike is sexy as hell

 sorry did you really just say what i think you said ?????

 yep, i actually said it last year tho

 i think you have got it very very wrong my friend the lower the shock possition the lower center of grvity better for corners and such like also helps keep the weight low

 I'm not talking about shock position at all i'm talking about pivot placement and axle path. spend some time on linkage or any other analytical program and see why this sort of axle path isnt the best, then come back and agree with me. The pivot is very low like old stinkys and stabs, regarded as a bit crap generally. In comparison look at commencals, treks, brooklyn, superco, zerode. the single pivots pivot point is much much higher to give a more rearwards axle path and improve the suspension. this i frame is very pretty, but flawed. The shock is very low wich is amazing, lowering the centre of gravity, keeping it central for ideal weight distributon, but the actual suspension pivot isnt in the best place imo, raising it would help reduce the influence that pedaling has on the suspensions movement, and improve performance on square edged impacts. this frame has much potential, but needs some work on linkage, or by anyone in the 'homemade bikes' forum, who know silly amounts about leverage curves, progression, axle paths and shock ratios.