There’s no ‘best’ suspension design. I have a Horst link & a single pivot – both work brilliantly, but both were vastly improved with a shock tune (tuned to my liking you understand).

Northwind touched on to earlier talking about his Orange – you ride the one that makes you smile the most. Try lots out and short list a few to try again once you’ve got an idea of what you like.

Split Pivot, as far as pedalling goes, is a single pivot. The only difference is it’s difference in distribution of braking forces.