I get that on my GG Megatrail—— where the seat stays are two separate pieces, and extend beyond the rocker link, to drive the shock. If you were to flex the rear triangle sideways, the shock eyelet would be pushed side to side too like a sideways see-saw. But to my armchair engineer eye, Nicolai has done everything right! Their rocker is a bazillion times meatier, has a giant pivot, and any forces from the seat stays have to come through those seat stay pivot bearings before getting to the shock.
Sept. 23, 2020, 9:08 a.m. - ackshunW
I get that on my GG Megatrail—— where the seat stays are two separate pieces, and extend beyond the rocker link, to drive the shock. If you were to flex the rear triangle sideways, the shock eyelet would be pushed side to side too like a sideways see-saw. But to my armchair engineer eye, Nicolai has done everything right! Their rocker is a bazillion times meatier, has a giant pivot, and any forces from the seat stays have to come through those seat stay pivot bearings before getting to the shock.