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http://nextgenbike.wordpress.com/

hey! my name is Diego, i`m a mexican industrial design student and i`ve also ridden a mountainbike for over 10 years. Totaly get the idea, how would some principles of a can skeleton would work on a downhill bike, i guess suspension would be a sweet spot to focus. i´ve been thinking on a pulley system with elastic materials to reduce weight-resistance ratio to a multilink system, i`ve been working on some sketches but if anyone got an idea about how to control rebound and feedback, please...!