Have you ridden the bike with the Cascade link? I have not heard of many people that have and was curious as to people's thoughts. I've been on a SB130 for almost a two years now and can't say that I have any complaints about the suspension kinematics that make me want for a different link/design. For what it is worth, my bike has seen some moderately sizeable jumps and drops (say maybe a max of about 10 ft on a drop) and have a lot of mileage on the bike.
As for the LR aspect of the SB130, as an East Coast US rider, I actually like the bike as is (150/130), but I did buy my bike before the LR version released. That said, I did part swap my bike when it was brand new (basically only kept the fork, shock, and frame) to a different build that was my preference (and coincidentally was similar to the LR build kits)
Sept. 9, 2020, 9:15 p.m. - Chad K
Have you ridden the bike with the Cascade link? I have not heard of many people that have and was curious as to people's thoughts. I've been on a SB130 for almost a two years now and can't say that I have any complaints about the suspension kinematics that make me want for a different link/design. For what it is worth, my bike has seen some moderately sizeable jumps and drops (say maybe a max of about 10 ft on a drop) and have a lot of mileage on the bike. As for the LR aspect of the SB130, as an East Coast US rider, I actually like the bike as is (150/130), but I did buy my bike before the LR version released. That said, I did part swap my bike when it was brand new (basically only kept the fork, shock, and frame) to a different build that was my preference (and coincidentally was similar to the LR build kits)