A Closer Look at Cannondale's Wild 2-Shock DH Bike - Maribor World Cup DH 2019

Apr 25, 2019
by Mike Levy  
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No matter what you think of Cannondale, there aren't many other companies that can match the US brand if you're talking about wild designs and out of the box thinking, for better or worse. The most recent example is the single crown, single-sided Lefty Ocho fork (er, strut?) but there's been plenty of others; the original dual-crown Lefty first showed up back in the early 2000s, and then there was the Fulcrum dual-link downhill bike that had five 'rings and too much chain. Go back a little further and you'll spot some real craziness, like the rollerblade concept time trial creation, Aaron Chase's "soft-tail" that used a Lefty for a toptube, and the V4000 Magic Motorcycle AKA Pong bike.

But who could forget Gracia and Chausson's two-shock Gemini that let the rear axle move in a "travel envelope.'' That thing was wild, and their latest twin-shock creation is equally as out-there.


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The upper shock is said to look after the spring rate, while the lower shock controls damping independently. It sounds like the bike can be ridden with one or two shocks fitted, depend on what Cannondale's racers are looking for.


The 2019 World Cup downhill season is kicking off this weekend in Maribor, Slovenia, a throwback venue that's always been a favorite of the racers, and Cannondale's Matt Simmonds will be aboard the yet-to-be-named prototype that Pinkbike photograph Ross Bell managed to photograph.

It uses a high main pivot combo'd with an idler pulley, two shocks (the other one is hidden inside the downtube), and a slotted rearward shock mount with a bolt-on front mount that looks like it provides an immense amount of adjustability.


Old prototype Cannondale
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Cannondale is no stranger to using multiple shocks. The old three-shock prototype on the left uses two small shocks and a compact linkage to let the axle move in a zone rather than a set path. The older Gemini prototype on the right employs two shocks for the same purpose. Kestral, Scott, and 2-Stage are just some of the other brands that have used two shocks (for varying reasons) in the past.


First up, let's look at what's going on with those two shocks, which is quite different than Cannondale's last two-shock system. While that old Gemini employed multiple shocks to deal with different kinds of impacts, it sounds like the idea with the new prototype is to separate damping and spring duties as needed. Not only that, the bike might be able to be ridden with a single shock in use, with the team mechanics bolting on the second shock when it makes sense.

Best I can tell, there's a single rocker arm that does two jobs; it compresses the top-mounted shock (pictured here with an orange coil spring), but it also compresses the second shock that's hidden inside the downtube at the same time. When both shocks are fitted, it looks like the upper handles spring-rate duties while the lower is there for damping.


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There's also a high main pivot that's combined with an idler pulley.


''So we'll be running a damper with a specific leverage ratio down below where you were running a single shock yesterday,'' Josh Hursh, Cannondale Frame Design Engineer, explained to a team rider in a video they released a few days ago. ''And then we have several positions up top for spring progression for you to try, with that same damper position down below,'' he went on to say. ''The idea of this is that we don't have to tune the damper to handle crazy leverage curves and really aggressive leverage progression. We can tune the damper to be pretty linear, so it behaves like a linear damper, and we can toy with the spring independently without having to mess with your damper.''

It's also worth noting that, at least in these photos, the upper shock appears to be a dummy unit that's only there for spring rate duties, but who knows what kind of tuning options are possible between the two shocks and damper setups. I don't know about you guys, but I can't wait to read comments on this one from the armchair engineers.


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Cannondale has invested in molds for the new carbon prototype, but they aren't ready to release any information yet.


Is your bike even fast if it doesn't have a high main pivot and idler pulley? Of course not, and it's also not much of a surprise to see one on the new Cannondale downhill bike as Luis Arraiz is one of the main minds behind it. Never heard of him? Arraiz was responsible for the much-loved but rare K9 Industries bike that also sported a high pivot and idler pulley combo, along with the new GT Fury and its high pivot and idler pulley system. And speaking of that Fury, GT and Cannondale are owned by the same outfit, Dorel Sports, so it wouldn't have been a surprise to see a Fury-ish bike with Cannondale logos all over it, but they've obviously decided to take a completely different route.

Travel? It probably has a lot. Wheel size? I bet it does both. Angles? Slack and low, of course. Cannondale isn't ready to release any numbers yet, despite my constant pestering, but the carbon bike is likely sporting all the contemporary angles that a modern downhill rig should have. There's no word on availability, either, with Cannondale not even hinting as to when - or if - we'd see the new bike be ready for people not on their team.

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  • 365 7
 Well it doesn’t look like a session that’s for sure
  • 16 101
flag AD4M (Apr 25, 2019 at 14:25) (Below Threshold)
 Just because it's different doesn't necessarily mean it's better though
  • 40 13
 no, almost looks like a wilson

but seriously, i have issues setting up a fork and a shock; adding more adjustments, is not the right answer for me.
  • 68 1
 If you really wanted to stand out, you could also build this bike with two different shocks from two different manufacturers. That way people everywhere will question your life choices, and your definitely won't be mistaken for riding a session
  • 99 1
 @ewanmackay You're right about that one
  • 56 1
 @Lookinforit: I'll take a rock fox please
  • 23 32
flag WAKIdesigns (Apr 25, 2019 at 14:51) (Below Threshold)
 @trek: come on, have a sense of humor and call your next DH bike: Booster
  • 12 1
 Its not blue with yellow font from the late 90's early 00's :-(
  • 14 1
 @truenorthsimon: The whole idea of this is to make the adjustments more simple.
  • 11 1
 @fastlaneflyer: You could run Roxzocchi on this thing.
  • 2 2
 I think I need a session.
  • 7 3
 There's a battery in there somewhere...
  • 2 1
 Do sessions have two shocks too?
  • 1 4
 Sue them YT!
  • 216 2
 Welcome back mental Cannondale race bikes, we missed you.
  • 47 0
 Always the wildest bikes.
  • 82 2
 "Hey Polygon, hold my beer."
  • 31 1
 @ckcost: Polygon destroys them in the AcRonYM game though.
  • 15 1
 We need a squish test ASAP.
  • 1 3
 pffftt... who remembers their E440 offering?
  • 114 12
 Ratboy: I quit racing due to wastage of components, pollution etc.

Cannondale: fits 2 x rear shocks to one bike.
  • 103 5
 Ratboy smokes 4% of the Amazon every year.
  • 32 5
 @rezrov: don't agree with batboy's comments. he still travels the world riding bikes
  • 6 3
 Didn't want to give up the ganja
  • 3 1
 While traveling by plane.....
  • 6 2
 @bigjswede666: I think he got weeded out. Just couldn't grind anymore.
  • 13 2
 @bigjswede666: @bigjswede666: but he definitely travels less... And it looks like he is questioning this sport in a way that hasnt been done before and does the best he can to commit himself to the climate while still making a living from riding.
And also, hes got such a sick ridingstyle Big Grin really appreciate what he does
  • 2 1
 @dobermon: I agree. In my onion he was the most gifted rider on the dh wc and made it all look effortless and fun.

we all miss the rat
  • 52 1
 With the protective cover it looks suspiciously like an E-bike - we're on to you Cannondale!!!
  • 39 0
 I want the whole seat stay/top tube to be a spring, and the whole downtube to be the damper. Like a bike centipede
  • 7 1
 And a 'pullshock' linkage fork ...
  • 25 0
 @dbdan: How long have you been waiting to use that card lol
  • 4 0
 @AaronC99: single sided.
  • 22 0
 From Cannondale's way, waaaay back machine: www.pinkbike.com/photo/2506530
  • 8 0
 @mikelevy: good rememberizing.
  • 7 2
 @mikelevy: Looks like the bike is f*cking itself.
  • 3 0
 @all these responses. I’m impressed, laughed till I cried, yet disgusted. Time for a break from the internet
  • 1 0
 @mikelevy: wow. never actually seen that one.
  • 2 0
 @rezrov: Accurate description tho
  • 1 0
 @Peakfreak: I think they only made one or two.
  • 1 0
 @pstope: I just remembered this toy from my youth Smile
  • 28 2
 Next great idea will be to have two lefty struts together on the same side to improve tunability of the system....
  • 6 0
 been done.....https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-niken-review-motorcycles-tests/
  • 11 0
 That's what's on the front of the Fulcrum DH bike, albeit one on each side: www.pinkbike.com/news/cannondale-fulcrum-old-school-tech-2012.html
  • 3 0
 Maybe they could match up a lefty with a righty I bet you could improve tunability and stiffness and weight.
  • 1 0
 @hamncheez: This confused me, posted Jan 2018, but that stem is clearly from 2003.
  • 25 4
 Two shocks one rider...reminds me of a youtube video I saw once...
  • 35 0
 If you saw it on youtube, then it's not the same video that I'm thinking of.
  • 13 6
 @wpplayer18: I've asked you both to stop talking about my mother on the internet. Please respect my boundaries.
I knew I shouldn't have filmed that.
  • 7 2
 @Session603: I thought she was your sister........she is hawt.
  • 8 4
 @watchmen: No. My sister is out of the business. She lost both her legs in a tragic bowling accident.
  • 5 3
 @Session603: Has she looked in the lost property?
  • 3 2
 @Session603: Your mistake does not equal my unhappiness
  • 5 3
 @wpplayer18: Mine either. The shame just makes me tug harder.
  • 19 0
 Remove the lower shock and add a water bottle. So Enduro.
  • 1 2
 But it would've to have an IFP or bladder for fluid displacement. Nothing like servicing and bleeding your bottle before a ride.
  • 17 1
 Would be sicker if it had a lefty
  • 15 1
 Why do people keep calling is a twin shock? Looks like a Spring with a separate damper.
  • 1 0
 Bingo. A shock is a spring + dashpot (damper). There is one "shock" on the bike in either configuration they are running. The interesting part is that they can run different leverage ratios for each one so they can ramp the spring up while keeping the damper more linear. I can see how that could have potential benefit.
  • 2 1
 It's just a simpler way to describe it.
  • 3 0
 Because there is two shocks on the bike. The spring is in fact mounted to a shock, regardless if the shock has any valving.
  • 2 0
 @mixmastamikal: a shock is a spring? When you replace the shocks on your car are you replacing springs or the dampers?
  • 14 1
 That's some outside the box thinking...I like it
  • 12 0
 But inside the Fox.
  • 16 3
 That idler pulley is bigger than my...chainring. And penis.
  • 14 1
 thank you cannondale I missed weird bikes like this
  • 6 1
 right?!
  • 3 1
 Things have definitely been stagnating lately. Nice to see a few trying new designs , fabrication techniques, materials, etc...
  • 9 1
 It makes total sense from a tuning perspective and DH bikes need as much tun-ability as possible!!! this bike is sick!
  • 9 0
 Oh yeah?? Well I’ll build a bike with THREE shocks! So there...
  • 4 0
 @dbdan: they already did that, in the article.
  • 9 3
 At the moment i would take the Cannondale ahead of the Atherton Bike, something different stand out from the crowd
  • 3 0
 It's not a twin shock. It's a single coil spring and a single oil damper, in two different locations. Who says they need to be combined into one single component? "That's the way it's always been done" is not a valid answer by the way :-)
  • 5 0
 It will be interesting to see how composed this bike looks over the rough stuff.
  • 4 0
 Get rid of both shocks and use turnbuckles to make it a fully adjustable hard tale fixed linkage trail slaying unicorn killing machine
  • 5 0
 Good too see, new ideas, just when you think most bikes look the same hears something very different , me like!
  • 3 0
 They did a great job with advertising this bike before the release. I had no idea it had two shocks and Id seen multiple videos of people riding it.
  • 2 1
 Agreed
  • 4 1
 When I saw it,they were just running an X2 Air in the lower position......it looked like it had NO shock!!
  • 3 0
 Not gonna lie, I was really hoping to see Volvo sponsor the team again with the proper blue and yellow livery. Are you reading this Volvo?
  • 2 0
 I'm not sure if mtb racing has enough exposure to bring in auto manufacturer sponsorships like it did in the 90's.

Remember the VW Jetta Trek edition? New car that came with a roof rack and a bike...
  • 1 1
 @JasonALap: That would be awesome!
  • 2 2
 @RentalBike: LoL I remember those! Was it Trek? I could have swore they were K2s. Maybe we got different here in Canada?
  • 1 0
 @m1dg3t: the golf was a K2 edition with a snowboard, the jetta was a trek edition with a mountain bike.
  • 1 0
 @RentalBike: www.favcars.com/ford-focus-zx3-kona-2000-photos-226279

Also isn't Mercedez the title sponsor for Downhill racing right now.
  • 1 0
 Back in 1999 I had a Wheeler 8000 DZX that was fitted with a hybrid coil / air shock from Stratos and a Bombastik device that used to work as a roman screw (?) to adjust the frame angles. I replaced it with another shock, so it was twin shock configuration with who-knows-how-much travel (around 180?).
  • 2 0
 Seems they thought modern bikes are not complicated enough, so lets give it not one but two shocks! I'm intrested if their thinking about selling this concept to customers too!
  • 1 0
 Wholeheartedly agree. New standard introduced Só now their shock components don’t interchange with any other DH bike. Just what consumers want ... LOL
  • 1 0
 Hahaha people talking about servicing 2 shocks in one bike and Ganga stoned designers...I love it!!! Marihuana is the origin of MTB people!they want to ride in peace,smoke a joint far away of the police and be free in the woods some time ago...now those guys are rich and biking is a multi billion dollar thing all over the world. And many many people ride for the same reason,freedom. I like that new bike.
  • 1 0
 When you can do everything that you can do with two shocks with one why would you use two? Hmm...you wouldn't. The bad news about DH shocks is that after many years of work they need more work. That is what bike and shock designers should be working on. If we put the 'two shock' aspect of this unnecessarily complicated bike aside we are left with the standard questions of what it has to offer in geometry and kinematic terms. The thing that high pivot designs commonly offer is a good tradeoff between anti-squat and pedal kickback. I expect that will also be the case here. We are yet to see whether this bike design offers any improvements over the common anti-rise curves of a high single pivot like the Commencal DH bike.
  • 2 1
 reminds me of the karpeil Apocalypse..with the exception that its frame design was to have a second shock to suck up what bender blew through the primary shock....yet they claimed it to be for preventing of harsh bottom outs
  • 5 0
 15% S(ag)????
  • 6 0
 Good eye, but probably not related to sag. Maybe not. I dunno.
  • 2 0
 Possibly progression.Different top shock mounts for differing amounts.Not sure what the bottom curved mounting point is for.
  • 3 3
 only 15% slag?

throw some Lambrini on the thing and you get 100%.
  • 2 0
 @mountaindoctor I think the 15% S has something to do with the shape of the top spring front mount, so C'dale can alter angles and BB height with more flexibility than a simple flip chip
  • 2 0
 @watchmen: 15% is quite low for progression but you could be right
  • 1 1
 @Cashman39: The lower the front mounting hole is,the higher the progression?So 15% would make sense if that's their smallest setting maybe.
  • 1 0
 @mikelevy: Looks like in the first photos (few days ago the photo with the black coil) those upper links were different than the photo of the WC bike for this weekend. In the first photos the links looks almost symmetric, new one´s not.
  • 2 0
 @homerjm: You've got a better eye than me!
  • 8 4
 Cannondale. Making simple things complicated since 1971.
  • 15 1
 Cannondale.Making oversized aluminium frames,30mm spindle chainsets,adjustable geometry,cupless headsets,hollow aluminium cranks,pressfit BB's........ok I'll give you that one.Since 1971 They've made some missteps along the way but they've never been afraid to push the envelope and that deserves some recognition in a market defined by bikes that look 'a session'.
  • 12 0
 They've done some crazy shit, but they're also responsible for a lot of things that make sense in use today.
  • 2 1
 The "experiment" room at the factory in Pennsylvania was amazing!
  • 1 1
 It's slack and low, but is it long?

So this is a Horst link, high pivot idler with linkage driven dual shocks? Seems like a really interesting idea/design, and I'm presuming since they already have carbon prototypes that it must work. The question is how fast is it?
  • 3 0
 Is this really a "high main pivot" if it is a 4-bar system? what is the "main pivot" on a 4-bar system anyway?
  • 2 0
 True, that's a good point and you're correct if we're being technical about it... which we probably should be haha Smile
  • 4 1
 This is just too shocking
  • 2 0
 And the award for most overlooked pun comment goes to...
  • 1 0
 For a moment I thought it would be a Corsair Crown throwback .... sighhhh... in red and yellow from Missy’s and Myles’ times would be rad!
  • 1 0
 Funny how after years and years of Cannondale saying that you can run all suspension internals in 1 leg for forks that they decide to split them for shocks
  • 1 0
 LOL...Indeed
  • 6 3
 But, but, there is only one shock...
  • 2 2
 Pedant :op
  • 4 0
 I've thought about this more now......they are both shock 'absorbers'.Only one then returns that kinetic energy and the other one dissipates it. Yours,a bigger pedant.
  • 2 1
 The top one could have something in it
  • 3 0
 @zyoungson: like.............'science'.
  • 1 2
 @watchmen: friction? there you go, now you have 2 shocks
  • 1 2
 @zyoungson: I'm rarely shocked by friction,fiction? more so.
  • 3 2
 Just when things were about to get boring, leave it to Canondale and my broooo Luis Arraiz to spice things up! Venezuela represent!
  • 4 1
 So it has one innie and one outie.. who am I to judge?
  • 4 1
 To much going on......not for me
  • 3 4
 I like cannondale but this is a big nothingburger. Remember the yeti Dh bike with a rail shock? Shock compressed in a straight line? Big wool. Did that catch on? Years from now this will be looked back on as a footnote. Love my lefty tho
  • 1 2
 OK. A linear damper will have some progressive leverage behavior (even the top mounted coil spring must have) but I think you will need to have a damper whose adjustments make significant changes to the damping rates, or has wide-range adjustment available. Otherwise, you're forced to relocate damper to gain more different input rates. What's the long-run business purpose of this geeky tweaking? Or they just play a nice scientific marketing action here, and are decided to go with single coil-over shock eitherway.
  • 3 0
 Finally a bike that will make a V10CC look cheap !
  • 1 0
 I have a hard time setting up my Intense M16 with only 1 rear shock. I couldn't imagine trying to even set the sag on that bike.
  • 6 5
 How is there any benefit to separating damping and spring if they are still within the same overall system?
  • 10 0
 ''The idea of this is that we don't have to tune the damper to handle crazy leverage curves and really aggressive leverage progression. We can tune the damper to be pretty linear, so it behaves like a linear damper, and we can toy with the spring independently without having to mess with your damper.'' They should have put this in the article,beneath the pictures,in quotes and italics.
  • 4 0
 If you have a near linear damper curve, you don’t have to mess with settings if you go up/down a spring size or swap from coil to air or vice versa. “You never adjust rebound unless you change the spring” I think is what the fox factory guy said? Well, with this you wouldn’t have to. I’d also imagine the damper would last longer as a added bonus?
  • 10 0
 @yzedf: It's more that tuning the damping rates on a progressive linkage is always a compromise as shaft velocities are different for the same impact force depending on where in the travel it is.By having a totally linear damper rate you can tune it more precisely.
  • 4 1
 But it goes to "11"
  • 3 3
 So basically, what I got from this article is that Cannondale likes to make things complicated "because it can".

They are essentially the antithesis of Orange bikes.
  • 2 0
 its gonna add another 600$ to the bike frame...
  • 3 0
 I like it
  • 11 10
 Rebuild cost me $130 from Fox for one rear shock, now 2 shocks, I hope this does not catch on with other manufacturers.
  • 10 3
 You know you can choose a different brand right,they are not putting a gun to your head.
  • 21 2
 The upper "shock" isn't a shock, it's only there to hold the spring, no internals that need to be serviced besides maybe some bushings. It's still a single shock design like you'd have in a car with an non coil-over layout, it's just the shock and the spring seperated from eachother.
  • 4 3
 One shock is just a spring with some bushings so shouldn't need to be rebuilt.
  • 3 7
flag Fifty50Grip (Apr 25, 2019 at 14:43) (Below Threshold)
 @NickBosshard:
“other brands”
read what I said.
  • 4 0
 Rumour has it that next year Cannondale are bringing out a 3 wheeler with a 26" + 27.5" + 29" wheel combo
  • 6 0
 @Fifty50Grip: Did that, now what? I was commenting on how the springholder wouldn't need a servive, don't quite see the connections to "other brands"
  • 2 0
 The spring shock just looks like a dummy to manage the spring rate. Its not like your rocking too full spec shocks, while its definitely more expensive than a single shock I doubt its comparable in price as managing two full spec shocks.
  • 3 2
 @NickBosshard: Still will need a rebuild on both as everything wears out,
  • 3 1
 Top shock has no rebound,no compression,no ifp,no oil,no damping.Not a lot to service.
  • 2 2
 @Fifty50Grip: @Fifty50Grip: you said "other manufacturers"
  • 1 0
 Indeed. And the shock components whether you like to call the spring one or not, it’s still 2 parts both of which are not interchangeable with any other DH. Can we say this is another standard?
  • 1 0
 @Batipapo: The actual shock is interchangable, it's just a coil shock without a spring mounted and the spring is the same as any other aswell, just the part that holds the spring is proprietary, which for me just counts as part of the frame.
  • 1 0
 Except I haven’t seen any DH shock without a damper and that is quite different @NickBosshard:
  • 4 2
 A bike orgy of a Myst, Tues, Demo.... and extra dildo
  • 3 1
 Finally, a normal looking Cannondale
  • 3 1
 Still looks better than their e-bikes
  • 5 3
 Two shocks....lol...who was smoking the ganja during that design?
  • 3 1
 .... any ideas for a new bike design? (Ratboy, totally baked) 'I'm seeing double man.....'
  • 4 2
 NOT TWO SHOCKS. Split shock: one spring, one damper.
  • 6 2
 TWO SHOCKS
  • 2 1
 @mikelevy: ONLY TWO SHOCKS
  • 2 3
 @mikelevy: What are you saying Mike, that a rear shock with no air or coil spring is a 'shock'?
I think our terminology is a bit basic in the mountain bike world. We should rename the bouncy part at the back of the bike as a 'combined (insert: air / coil) spring and damping unit' what do you think = way more catchy Wink
  • 2 1
 : @notphaedrus: They are both 'shock absorbers'.........it's just what they do with that shock energy afterwards that differs.
  • 1 0
 @notphaedrus: Nah, I'm just joking. It's just easier to say that the bike has two shocks. It says in the article that the sprung shock is likely a dummy Smile
  • 1 0
 @mikelevy: Easier, but false. There have been actual twin/dual shock designs, and this is quite different.
  • 1 0
 @just6979: I guess it depends on what you say a shock is, and some of the previous twin-shock bikes are mentioned in the article.
  • 1 0
 @mikelevy: I consider a bike with two fully functioning shocks (spring and damper) to have "twin shocks". A truck with leaf springs and a separate damper doesn't have "twin shocks" at each wheel.
  • 3 1
 American Indian name.....Shockagawea
  • 4 2
 so now thats 2 rear shocks to service.....im out.
  • 1 1
 just noticed they left the preload adjuster ring on the lower shock in the first pic, wonder if theres a reason for that or just a mistake...
  • 2 1
 So they remove fork stanchions, but add shocks....Cannondale, you will always be the wild ones!
  • 2 0
 What happened to the 2 shock bike 2stage?
  • 2 0
 That thing was neat. Not sure if they're still around.
  • 1 0
 Can we have a huck to flat video on this one? Don't dangle the carrot like this and tease us so!
  • 2 0
 Remove the lower shock/damper and insert a water bottle, voila Wink
  • 1 0
 Are negative comments being deleted off this article? Can’t see a comment I left yesterday?
  • 2 0
 Nope, never. They might have gotten enough negative props that they were automatically moved to that section, or you might be looking at the comments based on props and not time - you can change that Smile
  • 1 1
 @mikelevy: it just feels highly out of character of Pink Bikers to downvote on comments pointing out to new standards. Or maybe it’s just a whole bunch of Cannondale “fans” playing the down vote game.
  • 2 1
 Just when you think cannondale is going in the right direction they go and do this.
  • 1 0
 I don't know about you guys, but I can't wait to read comments on this one from the armchair engineers.
  • 3 2
 Worse idea than the lefty!
  • 1 0
 But, but...where am I going to carry my u-lock now? LOL Wink
  • 3 2
 That's a nice looking ride!
  • 4 1
 Yeah I love the look of e-bikes Wink .
  • 2 1
 @rezrov: ha, ha, steady!!
  • 3 2
 What if TRUST made a DH fork!
  • 6 0
 It'd be $6000?
  • 3 2
 the designer spent too much time looking at trophy trucks
  • 1 1
 My thoughts, suspension setup shops will still a long life.
  • 3 6
 Will someone just use the Honda rno1 design for god sake and be done with it, Call it hongdoo nro2, dnm forks if you have to, this crak n fail will be in the skip before you can say miles rockwell nicked all me blow.....
  • 3 3
 Looks the the product of when a Tues and a Wlsn love each other very much
  • 1 3
 i wonder if the top shock without piggy back is hydraulic.One shock costs about $700 and if you use this frame you have to buy two LOL.
  • 1 2
 Could be air shock only in the down tube for lightweight setup or twin shocks for full gnar
  • 1 1
 WTH, Double Shock, hmm... Just give it to me..
  • 1 0
 Bless Cannondale
  • 1 0
 PB filtering comments?
  • 2 1
 Yep they are down voting negative comments heavily despite the fact they are so numerous. Sounds fishy indeed
  • 2 0
 @Batipapo: keep that tin foil hat on
  • 1 1
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  • 2 2
 No lefty fork?
  • 1 2
 Better have 16” of rear travel!

Or I mean 406mm since ya know; Metric.
  • 2 2
 What year is this?
  • 2 2
 1999
  • 1 2
 I'm shocked they did this
  • 1 1
 Wyld chyld
  • 4 6
 2 shock services? No thank you. Bikes are expensive as it is.
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 Pretty sure you can run it with the single shock on the lower mount too. At least that's what it looked like when they were testing it.
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