I got my scw1 a few months ago, couldn't be happier with it, the thing absolutely shreds. One thing that got missed in this review was the brake dive, there are 4 different options that control the amount the fork drives under braking, and it is quite noticeable. If you get the chance to test ride one, you should.

I'm good at testing flying over the handle bars. Send me one and I'll test it for a couple years and let you know.

Really well thought-out review, Nolan!

Solid review

Love it. I have 5 AMP Research linkage forks from the 90's and every pivot is still tight. Call me a believer.

This is a great idea but not new. Look at the suspension work done by James Parker decades ago and you will see similar designs used by Yamaha, BMW and John Britten. Very cool stuff.

Yeah, that turned my head on Chutes. Definitely has potential for a shift in engineering the future of mtbs to be able to maintain the Geo and wheelbase during compression.

Good looking design👍 If the price is brought down to a mid-tierish mtb and 29er wheelsizes are added then this may actually be something to look into. How is this different from the Whyte PRST1 bikes (I think they were produced around 1997-1999)?

Interesting kinematic benefits. I’d be interested. Colorado would be a great place to try

I saw a video on you a bike from the late 1800s here on YT but I forgot the title.. anyway that bike had a very similar suspension to this bike in your video..

There’s something to be said for aesthetics with bicycles and it seems to be looking to fix problems that aren’t really problems. Also, It doesn’t look confidence inspiring if you’re really riding gnarly terrain. Good on you for giving it a go and being curious!

How many bearings does this bike have?

Just test rode this bike in Fernie. A note about leaning the bike into turns: Structures front suspension design is Hossack which has noticeable bump steer when handlebar is turned and the suspension goes through its travel. I think that leaning in the bike on turns sets your handlebar straight which eliminates bump steer which in turn makes for a smoother ride. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nMB6lMRhzZmuaaM.html video link for Hossack bump steer

Godfather of this design I believe is the Bomota Tesi, and the likes of the elf Grand Prix bike etc. it didn’t take off on motorcycles and I’d be interested genuinely to hear why this marque chose to build it. I’d encourage a look at the bmw gs tele lever as it’s far simpler but achieves very similar results with steering angle under braking. But with the proviso that one’s goals are set out as to what this is going to achieve over telescopic forks in geometry v cost and weight gain. If your still ahead on points after that equation….. I’d be surprised tbh. Very interesting though Thankyou 👍 I read the original idea was to separate braking forces from steering forces. Which it did on the tesi in terms of geometry AND in terms of dive. It did both but with loss of dive you loose some weight transfer, which messes with rider expectations on grip level. Esp in the wet. Tesi in Italian means Thesis iirc. Theory for one man is a crash for another potentially. You need to know what your buying here over what you already have, which means being in the cutting edge of performance testing. Not seeing that either …. Or are we? Edit to add…. The majority of problems with telescopic fork bikes can be ridden around by braking the rear first and making the back squat and holding the rear down with the rear brake and moving back, that way the platform stays relatively level when the front brake is applied. But not all bikes respond to the rear brake in the same way. Niki Hayden was a big rear brake man, bless him, as is Marquez who you can see adjusting the rear ride height with the rear brake in some analysis videos, so he can brake harder and later on the front. But weight distribution and wheel base need to fit that riding style. If the bike is toppy it won’t work for you.

This video would benefit massively from just a few edits of examples of a raked out bike losing its rake under compression. Im just having a hard time visualizing why thats the case.

I guess one of the biggest down sides of this setup right now is that it is frame specific as to where telescoping forks are not.

Interesting video. I'll keep my hard tail. Not a fan of ugly bikes the last 20 yrs. How many live where they can use it? Nice video

Cool design! But I don't see my self maintaining that amount of bushings :D

You think your grumby now just wait un🤣til you get up to 60 LoL. BTW this was an excellent and well spoken analisys Bravo !!

how long before all of the professional riders are using these bikes?

Yeah but how do I throw this over a tailgate pad?

UCI just entered the chat.

It looks like an attempt to increase the suspension rebound.

This is Grant Petersen's worst nightmare 😆

Some days, im ashamed to say... I've worn my wtf bracelet instead of my wwjd.

that bike is weird i saw it on Alan's channel

The thing is... it is just different for the sake of being different. You claimed no stiction from seals but its using a standard rear shock so there is stiction. Then you claimed the head tube no longer steepens under compression and proceeded to show the head tube steepening under compression.

I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer can I say that? But Society dictates to the majority of people what they should be riding and unfortunately this bike will not be one of them. Back in the day I had a Klein mantra I love that bike it was unusual it performed well and people didn't really like it but I didn't care I rode that bike until I broke it and then went back to a traditional looking mountain bike. But who knows stranger things have been known to happen and maybe it will do well.

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