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50mm shock is just fine for 115mm travel on my Swarf. Wouldn't worry much about anti-squat on a short travel bike, just put the pivot in line with the top of the chainring and you'll be close. My concern is it looks like you'd end up with a digressive suspension curve there, where your shock is moving proportionally less as you get deeper into the travel, which would require extra air spring ramp up. Get the curve linear (or slightly progressive) and you'd have a more neutral platform to start with. That said, without a linkage it's probably subtle, I haven't done the mathematics
There is a program called Linkage you can demo
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I am fumbling in the dark. Does anyone know anything about appropiate ratios for single pivot suspensions??
This is where I am at. I get approx. 110mm travel on a 210x50mm shock. Thats a 2.2 ratio (is this waste of 50mm shock??) but I could easily get it higher, I am just not sure I want more. I dont care about weight really, but maybe I should get a smaller shock?? More XC style?
Will I die riding this? I have no idea how it will feel and whether my curves are efficient etc. I am basing this solely on having ridden 110mm travel rear suspension and finding it good.
Does it even make sense with a 1o0mm travel fork to have 110mm rear?
I am having fun learning all this stuff but any advice is very welcome...