Old 11-19-21, 04:00 PM
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fourfa
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This product isn’t intended for anyone on this board. There is a problem with long-travel full suspension downhill MTBs called “chain growth” - DH bikes these days are considered to work much better with very high rear suspension pivot points and a rearward contact patch track on compression. Problem is, with traditional cranks and chainline this produces a massive kick into the pedals on big hits, and worst case can pull chains apart unless you put a secondary freewheel in the crank, or switch to a high idler pulley like this that’s concentric with the upper pivot. This design seems to additionally move the derailleur inside the chain stay for protection, which makes sense for hardcore MTBs. Pinkbike is basically a hardcore MTB site at this point…

Another more conventional high pivot design that’s getting a lot of good MTB press: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/review...rail-bike.html

Plenty more examples in the MTB world if you cared to search for ‘high idler pulley’

nothing to do with touring unless your tours involve 60 foot hucks and a Red Bull helicopter hovering overhead and filming you

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