Virtual Pivot Point Mountain Bike

Ideal for bikes that are designed for challenging terrain.

Virtual pivot point mountain bike.

Diagram showing the axle path of a 2007 cove g spot with a swingarm pivot around the bb. Virtual pivot point vpp tm suspension design. World class athletes from high school league racing to the olympics pivot cycles believes deeply in supporting athletes at every level of the sport. With a single pivot design the rear axle pivots around a single point shown in yellow and the shock is attached between the rear axle and a part of the frame usually the top tube or down tube.

The swingarm is shown in red. The virtual pivot point suspension was developed by jamie calon and james klassen for outland bikes in the nineties and the associated patents are now owned by santa cruz bicycles. So most bike designs out there have a pivot point location somewhere between the high and low extremes of the trek 9000 and cove g spot described above. Aston looks back at some notable examples and.

This common pivot location creates a typical axle path movement. Commencal s supreme dh 29 is the fastest bike of 2018 so far but high pivot idler equipped suspension designs have been around for a long time. The 2020 santa cruz tallboy rethinks trail bike capability. On aug 20 2019.

Grease ports make it serviceable. The link ih will rotate clockwise with point h attached to the frame. The 2020 santa cruz tallboy rethinks trail bike capability. The way it works is as the point a moves up the triangle agi will rotate clockwise about its own center as well as rotating about a center up near the front wheel.

Simple linkages contain the pivot points to prevent slop from developing over time. The return of the virtual pivot point may 15. The instant centre of rotation as found in all linkage systems is also called virtual pivot point. Rob an active mountain biker is also a dual suspension devotee.

Santa cruz veers the tallboy mountain bike away from the xc category and. Founded by engineers highly innovative pivot cycles influences a whole new generation of mountain bike design and carbon frame manufacturing. Single pivot designs are common among entry level bikes for a number of reasons. Some of the bikes that this design is found on will weigh over forty pounds.