Daft question about height adjustment on suspension

Stevo_666

So I was thinking to myself the other day: height adjustable front forks are quite common, where you can change between two set travel lengths. So why can't they/don't they do height adjustable rear shocks? (that doesn't include changing the sag btw).

There must be an obvious answer but I couldn't think of it. Help relieve me of my thickness...

chedabob

They do, but it's built into the frame, rather than the shock.

supersonic

RS actually used to make a UTurn rear shock!

nicklouse

supersonic wrote:

RS actually used to make a UTurn rear shock!

and how long did that last ?
one year?

supersonic

Yep.

thel33ter

Cause a rear shock only moves and inch or 2, so it would ruin the sag and stuff, probably.

As Chedabob said, its much easier to put it in the frame, which also would adjust the geometry accordingly.

Heres a good example, Marin's Tara system, takes as long as a U-turn system and allows infinite adjustment too.

Stevo_666

I geddit now

stumpyjon

Try the Bionicon Golden Willow, change the travel at both ends simultaneously at the touch of a button on the bars. BR review here.

thel33ter

stumpyjon wrote:

Try the Bionicon Golden Willow, change the travel at both ends simultaneously at the touch of a button on the bars. BR review here.

That looks ridiculously complicated, and if it leaked everything would go really wrong.