I think it would be less leverage no? I’m not at all mechanically minded, but if you had more leverage, that would translate to more force at the shock and therefore more compression.
It would be more progressive and therefore a higher ‘ratio’ between wheel movement and shock movement.
Have I got this right?
Syntace seems to be bringing a lot of thought and detail to their designs at the moment. The Litevilles have some fabulous touches – a spare mech hanger built into the frame is genius for example and their approach to sizing is something I’ve thought needed to happen for years.
If you think about it, if you change the front length of the bike without changing the rear, then you’re not just changing the size, you’re changing the whole dynamic of how the bike rides.
I’m not about to switch from Nicolai to Liteville as I still love the Nic way of doing things but this came very close to getting me into bed with someone else: