Apologies if this has been asked before; Google only returned answers regarding long-stroking for increased travel, which isn’t the question that tickled my fancy.
On the other site, I read about Ben Cathro’s prototype Orange DH bike, where “The link allowed the team to fit a bigger shock and made the bike feel more planted compared to the 224.” This logic ran counter to my current schema, which is that innate stiction can’t be further tuned (read minimized), so a more planted feel that tracks the ground better would be had by decreasing stroke and increasing leverage ratios, thereby minimizing stiction on actual performance. Why am I wrong?
I know that longer-travel bikes tend to have bigger shocks, but I’m unsure of why. Can someone please explain the ins and outs of shock stroke and length selection from a frame design perspective?