Interesting new (old?) suspension design

avidtest · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:09 pm

It's a 160mm 29er from Marin called the Wolf Ridge.

It's cool to see new ideas that may actually work, even if they're based on older ones. Here's a small write-up from Bike Mag with some initial thoughts based on 2-hours of riding.

http://www.bikemag.com/gear/marin-wolf-ridge-unlike-anything-weve-ridden/?wc_mid=4036:5908&wc_rid=4036:10453638&_wcsid=5BFDE1F80EDC64A2B861B925A779485560A2FFFCDCACE586#OpfYVKS6QPo7ujSj.97

avidtest · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:17 pm

And PB's lengthier take: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/marin-wolf-ridge-first-ride.html

Kimba · **Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:31 pm

Thanks for the 411, pretty interesting system. I kept on thinking of my old GT i-drive bikes when reading these reviews.

avidtest · **Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:37 am

It appears that Polygon was actually first to market with this new design. It's not exactly pretty, but it is 27.5 (and 180mm!! :shock:

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PB's write-up explains it well:

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/polygon-square-one-ex9-and-its-r3act-suspension-where-it-came-from-and-how-it-works-2017.html

n10sive · **Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2017 11:11 am

My biggest concern would be how extremely squared off the bb area is. It extends a good 2-3" from the chainring.

evdog · **Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2017 11:34 am

One of the reviewers mentioned rock strikes because of that during compression, but that adjusting the air pressure mostly fixed it.

That Marin is pretty ugly, Polygon a bit better. But if it works as advertised I can forgive that.

Will be interesting to see who else licenses this design. Not sure I'm willing to guinea pig it, but looks promising!

OldDogDan · **Posted:** Fri Apr 21, 2017 3:25 pm

...looks like an e-bike.

Interesting new (old?) suspension design

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