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Call that the "seatgrab special saddle" and let the 12 years old in me brag about it.

@Untgrad: We have already USD DH forks that are quite successful. Like the manitou dorado, DVO emerald.

Motorbikes does have a powerful engine that puts a lot of stress on the fore/aft direction. Rotational loads come from chassis geometry and rider's arm, that is about the same in MX and MTB. So the ratio fore/aft VS torsional stiffness doesn't require an arch, only a fork a bit beefier. And USD dual crown forks have more bushing overlap, meaning they can be more sensitive/reactive.

@vinay: order of magnitude of cast lowers is 400-600g. Aluminium tubes alone would be heavier. But there is a heavy wheel attached to it so it doesn't really matters.

Oh, that's why I can't see any link.

@everythingsucks: You forgot Pinkbike's vacuum cleaners : they don't suck

@Will-narayan: It was heavy, expensive (for the time), you needed a flattened ISCG mount, and there was a lot of friction in overdrive. So, basically it was too expensive for the experience.

I made some drawings on fusion 360 of the same thing but with a trial freewheel and a threaded cog that is used to shift when coasting. I never built anything tho. So I don't know how he can patent that.

Just wait a little, emtb can light themselves in fire, too.

@Dookiedoodle: The drop in leverage going from 175 to 165mm cranks is a bit less than 6% dropping 2 teeth on a 34t chainring compensate exactly for that. dropping 2 teeth on a 30t chainring is too much of a difference. And many cassette aren't spaced that closely to even be able to find the "right torque" at this point. I don't think there is a huge negative effect of short cranks outside nocebo effects. We can adapt to much more variations on a bike, like a 50% wider bar as we did in early 2000's, 15-20% more reach, and the list goes on. People always complained that it was stupid change or that it is "unrideable" for their location and so one. Yet we are, several years later, not willing to go back. Save this comment, in 10 years 170mm crank will be considered "long" and no one will complain that the 160 or 165mm crank they received their new bike with are too short. Only old guys with their habits and beginners blaming hardware are talking now.