Self-snapped out in the Welsh winter during off season training, Matt Walker is on a Saracen Myst 29 with some differences to the bike he was riding at the end of last season.

Donning our Sherlock Holmes hats, we can see that it looks like the swingarm and upper short link are stock items, but the aluminium main frame and non-stock floating link look to be new pieces.

The floating link is similar to the ones Danny Hart and Alex Marin were sporting for the season with their mullet bike setup. When we spoke to Danny about his bike in Maribor last year, he told us the link was mainly to correct the geometry changes that the smaller rear wheel brought. There’s no news however on any suspension characteristic changes with this new link.

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