Whether you’re a fan or not, there’s no arguing that Trust’s wild-looking Message and Shout linkage forks were some of the most interesting news on the tech front during the last few years. While traditional suspension companies send out press releases when they shave double-digits worth of grams or up the rigidity of their telescoping forks by single-digit percentages, Trust has carbon fiber linkage forks that are part praying mantis, part robot, and a whole lot of strange.
Yes, their performance is divisive, to say the least, with both Kazimer and myself finding some notable drawbacks when we reviewed the new, long-travel Shout and the original Message. That said, the handling benefits, and especially the calmness and consistency, that come from how the linkage increases the trail (the distance between the tire’s contact patch on the ground and the steering axis) as the fork goes into its travel, are proven to me.
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