In cross-country, GIANT continues to stick with the well-functioning NRS four-link system, but for freeriders the efficient system simply didn't offer enough travel. So the four-bar linkage was radically revised. The result is impressive: With 13 to 15 centimeters of travel at the rear, massively oversized frame tubes and a sophisticated linkage of the SPV shock, the "VT One" prototype promises a lot ? especially because the oversized head tube can also accommodate the Manitou "Sherman Breakout". And this freeride fork fits perfectly into the GIANT in terms of dimensions and suspension travel.

Another highlight of the "Dirt Demo Day" was the "TerraLogic" suspension fork from FOX. As with the revolutionary BRAIN shocks on Specialized's new top bikes, the Californian suspension gurus around Bob Fox also use the principle of mass inertia here. As long as no impacts from below lever the brass weight out of position, oil circulation is prevented. The result: the fork behaves like a rigid fork ? only to mutate into a sensitively responding telescopic fork in a fraction of a second when required. As with the BRAIN bikes from Specialized, the whole thing works without the use of locking levers.