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    SHORT SHARP SHOCKS?

    Nov 02, 2018 2 minutes
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    In RC166 Jim Peace asks why manufacturers bothered to fit plunger suspension rather than go straight to swinging arms. Rowena correctly suggests that it was down to expediency, because manufacturers found it far cheaper and simpler to just modify the chain stays (or rear subframe) to

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