Ibis Bow-Ti content

[Woz]

Yeah, that's how I see it. More to take the buzz out, attempt to keep the back wheel on the ground with no linkage slop.

 

[M-Power]

I have a castellano fango, the aluminum version of the silk, and it’s definitely an interesting feel for my uses of riding on gravel and railroad ballast
I can see why it didn’t see a huge amount of success, the short travel rear suspension concept in general, at least during its time of relevancy. It’s good at one thing and not great at a lot else. It’s outright uncomfortable on really harsh terrain, because the rear starts to flex out of sync with the obstructions on the ground.
But on fairly consistent gravel, where the bumps turn more into vibration? It’s amazing, you could sit and sprint as fast as you want and would barely feel the ground, while not losing too much power pedaling like you would on proper full suspension.

Wonderful to get a proper ride review on these . Never tried one and tbh its not to my taste visually.

 

[fennec]

Wonderful to get a proper ride review on these . Never tried one and tbh its not to my taste visually.

I commute to and from work on one daily, because most of my commute is not asphalt, its a very rough gravel access road and singletrack. Like a full suspension bike would be overkill but a rigid bike is a nightmare on it.

I really like it for being fantastic on gravel like that, i think something like this would make a lot more sense on a modern gravel bike. Instead of any kind of linkage on the rear, just being more flexible in the frame would be great on gravel bikes.
The cannondale scalpel line kinda does this with the flexible points on the chainstays but still has linkage and a larger rear shock.