Virtual Pivot Point Mountain Bike

Ideal for bikes that are designed for challenging terrain.

Virtual pivot point mountain bike.

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. Some of the bikes that this design is found on will weigh over forty pounds. The return of the virtual pivot point may 15. Grease ports make it serviceable.

Rob an active mountain biker is also a dual suspension devotee. The real story about the new downhill technology from santa cruz and intense santa cruz reinstates the vpp concept rob roskopp is one of two partners who run the show at santa cruz bicycles. The link ih will rotate clockwise with point h attached to the frame. 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.

Single pivot designs are common among entry level bikes for a number of reasons. On aug 20 2019. This common pivot location creates a typical axle path movement. 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. Virtual pivot point vpp tm suspension design. Santa cruz veers the tallboy mountain bike away from the xc category and. Virtual pivot point shares all articles discussions new post.

The 2020 santa cruz tallboy rethinks trail bike capability. World class athletes from high school league racing to the olympics pivot cycles believes deeply in supporting athletes at every level of the sport. Diagram showing the axle path of a 2007 cove g spot with a swingarm pivot around the bb. The 2020 santa cruz tallboy rethinks trail bike capability.

Founded by engineers highly innovative pivot cycles influences a whole new generation of mountain bike design and carbon frame manufacturing. 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. Aston looks back at some notable examples and. The instant centre of rotation as found in all linkage systems is also called virtual pivot point.