Mountain Bike Rider

ANTIDOTE WOODSPRITE

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• Lightweight trail bike with 135mm travel, handmade from carbon-fibre and space-age Vectran, in Krakow, Poland

• Smart FDS suspension design uses a unique rear-mounted shock, driven by a rocker link and optimised for coil shocks

• Carbon shock mudguard, titanium or alloy bolts, integrated seatpost clamp and internal cable routing

• Super-supportive and progressive ride feel, twinned with lightweight frame, wheels and components

Every full-suspension mountain bike I’ve ridden in the past two years has its shock mounted inside the front triangle somewhere. OK, so Specialized and Santa Cruz like to split the difference and have it poking through the seat tube, and Bold prefers to hide its shock inside the down tube, but they’re still very much attached to the front half of the bike.

That makes the new Antidote Woodsprite very different

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