Not familiar with Brent Foes? If you like to mountain bike, you should be. He's a guru in full suspension design and has spent the last 14 years innovating and leading the industry. Designs we take for granted today, were pioneered by Foes: monocoque design, single pivot simplicity, swing links, 2:1 leverage ratio. Foes' latest innovation is the exclusive rights to Curnutt shocks for bicycle applications. Curnutt was the first to introduce innovations like stable platform, position sensitive damping, and now, 2:1 rear leverage ratio.
2:1 leverage ratio is of particular significance. Most bikes utilize a 3:1 shock leverage ratio (for every 1 inch of shock stroke, there are 3 inches of rear wheel travel). Foes bikes use a 2:1 leverage ratio to take advantage of the 2:1 ratio's inherent benefits: lower pressure, greater sensitivity, increased shaft velocity and fluid flows.
We have an XCT 5, five inch travel bike available to demo. Come on by and give it a ride. This bike rides very different from anything else we've encountered. It pedals with supreme efficiency, thanks to the Curnutt pioneered platform valving, but once you hit the rought stuff, you can feel the platform give way, and large shock piston stroke as it sucks up the bumps.
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