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I initially tested the bike with the RockShox Super Deluxe air shock (pictured), but I wasn't happy with the performance. For this reason, the Switch9er works much better with a coil shock with a small bottom-out bumper, like the EXT, than with an air shock which is already progressive late in the travel. Note also that most of this progression (the drop in leverage ratio causing an increase in suspension forces) happens towards the end of the travel. The overall progression (change in leverage ratio) is 37%, making it one of the more progressive designs out there. That low leverage makes a given shock spring or damper feel stiffer, so light spring and damping rates should be used. For context, most bikes stay between 3:1 and 2:1. The leverage ratio (how many millimeters the axle moves upwards for every millimeter of shock travel) goes from 2.45 at the start of the travel to 1.55 at the end. The 65 mm stroke shock is long for a 140 mm travel bike. With my preferred 40 mm rise handlebar, I ran no spacers under the stem and the cockpit felt comfortably roomy to me at 191 cm (6'3") tall.Īnti-squat values start high and get higher throughout the pedaling zone, resulting in a very firm response. If the head tube was a more usual 120 mm length, the reach number would grow by 14 mm, and with an extra 30 mm of spacers under the stem, the ride position would be identical.Īll that is to say that the 19.5" size bike feels as roomy as bikes with a more typical stack height and around 500 mm reach. The tall head tube shrinks the reach number on paper because the reach is measured to the top of the head tube, and as it gets taller, the top gets further back due to the slack head angle.
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But this bike has a long 140 mm headtube plus a 10 mm external headset cup below, making for a 150 mm overall length. The main discrepancy is in reach - I measure 485 mm, which is 10 mm less than claimed and smaller than most bikes in the largest size. I've also included my own measurements from my 19.5" test bike on the right. The above chart on the left is from Stanton, showing the claimed figures for all three sizes.