tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14924068450695144492011-08-28T08:46:44.548-04:00A place where rider and suspension designer Dave Weagle can type.dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-70031331109687083212008-10-06T15:34:00.005-04:002008-10-06T15:43:09.045-04:00

It looks like I've missed a few reviews out there from the Interbike dirt demo. I came a cross a short but raving review of the Turner Flux, the 100mm travel dw-link Turner that I worked so hard on.You can read the review at bikemagic.com.I've cut and pasted Mike Jones' first impressions on the suspension, great stuff! Quote: Originally written by: Mike Jones from Bikemagic.com

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-66416061196352254152008-10-04T15:19:00.005-04:002008-10-04T15:40:02.876-04:00

Let me start off by saying that it is NICE to be back from Interbike, and to be spending time on developing some new products again. I had to take a week off from the blog just due to exhaustion and a huge workload, but I'm back at it and I will be getting to some reader questions that have come in over the last couple weeks. Keep the questions coming!!Through e-mail and at the Interbike

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Another great day at the show and a good deal of new media to share. There are a couple of really great reviews and ride reports on cyclingnews.com about the new Pivot Cycles Firebird. Also in there is the ride report that I shared earlier on the new Turner 5-spot.That's going to be enough reading for most people I guess, so for today I'll cut it short.One day to go!

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-25442952379011320392008-09-25T10:51:00.005-04:002008-09-25T10:58:57.965-04:00

I just came across a mini review of the Turner 5 spot on Bikeradar.com. The guys wrote one of my favorite quotes that I have seen about dw-link this year."Our riding revealed the same things. That superb dw-link rear end keeps the rear wheel firmly planted and pedals with nary a hint of wasted energy. It’s a suspension action that you genuinely don’t notice till you realize the rockpile you just

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-81877059517998865272008-09-24T22:53:00.000-04:002008-09-25T02:08:14.473-04:00

Well, the first day of Intertrode is in the bag, and what a day it was. Today I spent time at the Ibis, Pivot, and Turner booths talking to riders about bikes and life. I met some great people today. The response to the new bikes and projects in general that I've been working on finishing up over the last year has been incredible. I took a quick look through some of my favorite internet cycling

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Today was the second day of the big on-dirt demo at Interbike. (first day was yesterday but I was traveling here to Vegas) The even is held in Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, Nevada. Bootleg is an amazing place where the impressiveness in the amount of trails is only surpassed by how impressively dry the air is and how sharp the rocks are. I think that this is a great location to test full

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-23372858277630256422008-09-22T06:15:00.001-04:002008-09-22T06:19:16.821-04:00

Thanks for all of the questions everyone, its been a crazy week getting ready for the biggest bicycle industry tradeshow, Interbike. It's 6:15 AM and I'm on the next flight out of here for wonderful Las Vegas. I'll see what I can do about posting some information to cover some of your questions and comments over the next week.For all of you making the trip to Vegas for Interbike, I'd like to

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-40878750144063057062008-09-17T09:48:00.004-04:002008-09-17T10:10:35.585-04:00

People have periodically asked me for "mathematical proof" to back up the written explanations of how dw-link creates its position sensitive anti squat response. I usually point people to the dw-link patents. In the patents I've taken care to describe in detail how to analyze and kinematically characterize a chain or shaft driven suspension system. The written description of how to characterize

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-58931542586480914272008-09-16T08:06:00.002-04:002008-09-16T08:10:15.375-04:00

The response to this blog has been fabulous, thanks to everyone who has written comments and asked questions! Keep them coming!Here is what I am going to do with the comments. As I get comments I'll review them. I will save the ones that ask a question that hasn't been answered yet, and work on answering that question in the near future.Thanks! -Dave

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-52141516365269859202008-09-15T14:45:00.001-04:002008-09-15T14:47:18.118-04:00

On Thursday night of last week, I headed off to sunny Murrieta, California (about a 9 hour trip across the country for me) to finish up some suspension testing with Turner bikes. Dave Turner and I wanted to try to get all of the FOX damper tunes that we have been playing with finalized for the big On-Dirt Demo at Interbike. This is where the Turner Bikes faithful will get to ride the new dw-link

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-53833763943362391432008-09-11T08:43:00.006-04:002008-09-11T09:25:45.780-04:00

Quote: Question from Interested Rider Thanks, this is still far from clear:Quote:Originally Posted by _dwDesigning specifically for wheel rate basically allows for a wider range of tunability with the stock shock settings, and it has the additional benefit that damping does not need to be specifically adjusted to make up for uncontrollable issues that arise when leverage rate

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-8384900558817476632008-09-09T09:21:00.008-04:002008-09-09T11:17:21.775-04:00

Anti-squat in suspensions has become a focal point for cycling suspension designers recently. The term is beginning to become more "en-vogue" for cycling marketing, and I imagine that in a few years, it will be one of the main points discussed in marketing brochures. A good deal of this is partly due to the success of my dw-link suspension, which is a position sensitive anti-squat design, the

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-86667251848229774942008-09-08T08:32:00.002-04:002008-09-08T11:06:59.278-04:00

I'm not sure what bike I am most excited about.The DHR for sure is up there on my list. I'm a downhiller by passion and this bike incorporates what I think are some of my best ideas ever. While most of the industry has been chasing and benchmarking the dw-link Sunday design, in reality I moved beyond that bike in my mind 3 years ago. I knew what I wanted to do for the next evolution of a dw-link

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-58110851148934233532008-09-05T13:35:00.001-04:002008-09-05T13:36:39.037-04:00

Quote: Originally Posted by cave dweller DW, im gathering that putting a shorter eye to eye or shorter travel shock is going to mess things up with the dw link design? It's not going to be ideal, that's for sure, but will it be a lot worse than doing that to any other bike? On the position sensitive anti-squat side of things, the bikes are pretty tolerant to I2I

dwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771864480307615882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492406845069514449.post-33508854374080837582008-09-04T08:11:00.000-04:002008-09-05T08:49:00.197-04:00

Well, today is a big day in dw-link history, one of the biggest actually.For months, riders have been asking and wondering who the next dw-link licensee will be. There has been almost giddy anticipation on the mountain biking forums that I peruse. This is how crazy it's gotten; With so many posts on the subject, even I have felt a little uncomfortable at times, and I think that a few readers have

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Hi!My name is Dave Weagle, and this is my first blog post. Ever. I've been wanting to do this for years, but really, the task of setting up a blog just seemed so huge and time consuming. Thanks to my wife however, I now see how silly that was.I've wanted to start this blog so that I have a place to write and catalog some of the many pieces of information that I frequently share on the internet.

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