Vertical travel of wheel
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Coordinates in millimeters.
Simply drag the bicycle components around and watch the diagram bars.
To ease measurements, even the horizontal scale of the x-axis is draggable.
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Wheel Load:
A suspension should be designed to use about 1/4 to 1/3 of it's maximum travel under normal load.
With upright bicycles and usual short wheelbase recumbents, the weight distribution between front and rear wheel is approximately 50/50, with long wheelbase recumbents 30/70 front/rear, with lowracers 60/40 front/rear.
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Length of Shock-Element:
Distance between the pivots of the shock-element (central lines of the pivot-bolts).
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