Commencal could have used that pivot location without interrupting the seat tube. Lots of frames do. Bearings in the link, threaded post on either side of the seat tube, thread bolts in, and then running a straight seat tube, at least on the smallest sizes.
I've seen some cool napkin drawings of tube-in-tube telescoping droppers and I heard once that Giant was working on one for their LIV bikes, but I've never seen a prototype from anyone.
May 2, 2022, 12:55 p.m. - Andrew Major
Commencal could have used that pivot location without interrupting the seat tube. Lots of frames do. Bearings in the link, threaded post on either side of the seat tube, thread bolts in, and then running a straight seat tube, at least on the smallest sizes. I've seen some cool napkin drawings of tube-in-tube telescoping droppers and I heard once that Giant was working on one for their LIV bikes, but I've never seen a prototype from anyone.