The starting point for this radical change was the development work on the 160 mm "Trailbanger" fully. "Even with 140 millimetres of suspension travel, LRS reaches its limits despite all its advantages," explains chief developer Matthias Fingerle. "This system is unthinkable for 160 millimetres, so we had to look for an alternative." The engineers found the best solution to be rear triangles with a "virtual pivot point": drive and braking influences can be reduced to an absolute minimum despite very fine response behavior. The result: a thoroughbred enduro bike that remains fully pedalable despite its downhill genes.

Based on these findings, coupled with data collected by Multivan Merida professional Hannes Genze as part of his diploma thesis for the Centurion engineers, the developers transferred the VPP rear triangle to a suspension travel class further down - and certified the 140 mm "Noi Pogo" fully with this revised kinematics as having the best performance. In future, all of Centurion's all-mountain full-suspension bikes will therefore also benefit from the advantages of the "Virtual Pivot Point".As a consequence, the 100 and 120 mm fullys "Backfire" and "Numinis" will also be offered without LRS for 2011: "As supported single pivots with Float-Link, these models exhibit incredibly drive-neutral suspension behavior," says Fingerle, summarizing the tinkerer's work. For fans of the tried-and-tested LRS system, however, this remains optional in the 120 mm class.