Copy cats!!!!

[martelpypie]

Is it not strange that all the major mtb manufacturers  (scott Spark;

Cannondale Rush, now Specialized) are all going back to a "shock position"

similar to the Santa Cruz Superlight. All they do now is just to change it

a little bit, from the original. Santa Cruz must have done something right years ago already.

[Thug]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery !!

 

SC Superlight

 

[AndreZA]

That's the circle of life my friend. The weak will adapt or die.

 

You must regret selling yours to me now hey!

 

[PhilipV]

The position of the shock is trivial compared to the ratios on the rocker link. Placement of the lower pivot points also play a role, placing a pivot on the chainstay versus the seat stay has a huge effect. There are only so manyplaces to put a shock, so if it looks similar, doesn't mean it is similar, or even rides half as good...

[MintSauce]

Erm....the Superlight is a great bike, but seriously, the Spez and the Spark have absolutely no similarities to it and the Rush is a re-working of a design that came out before the SL if I remember correctly....93 or 94...?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hog_]

They may be able to copy the shock position, but they'll struggle to copy the 'cool factor' of the Superlight! In my mind it really is one of the coolest bikes out there, I don't know why, there's just something about the frame design.

 

 

 

[_BBi]

There is an interesting editorial article in the "What MTB UK" every month, and the writer last month said someting on the lines of: Because of the advances in shock technology, the design of the layout of the back shock is not critical anymore, e.g. single pivot vs 4-bar vs VPP. The differences is minimal, and the manufacturers are converging on the lowest mass layouts.

 

Made sense to me.