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Well thats not good. Only fanboi’s will buy

I have a diverge with the front shock thing. Where i live in Appalachia, its not very useful, BUT everytime i go somewhere with flatter gravel (mid west) i alway come back and say how well the future shock works. I don’t think people are understanding what these shocks are doing. They are not…

[image] IamLeven: I dont think I heard one review for this bike where they were impressed. Did you miss James Huang’s review, because he really liked it?

I think most of us understand what the suspension elements are designed to do in this bike…as you note, it is geared more towards comfort vs performance. I issue some of us have with the design is that it is unnecessarily complicated, heavy and expensive…a good suspension stem and seatpost can achi…

I have the prior gen Diverge with the future shock in the head tube. It really works - a huge improvement over my Domane. I’d like to try this new Diverge to see if there is much of an improvement. It does seem like a very expensive way, however, to get the benefit of a suspension seatpost. In my …

Sales & Marketing asked: " Roadies are ok to spend $$ to avoid near-death-experience from cars. They like long rides and being comfy. Rough gravel is not comfy. Gravel explorers want & need a suspension but don’t want to buy a MTB because. " Product: " How about a Dimond design?" Sales & Mktg: “N…

Have you ever aspired to write novels or something…because that is some good fiction there. :wink:

Thanks for the compliments. I’m a product manager in high tech. I think the above leans more towards non-fiction …

As a former Director of Product Development in the bicycle business, I assure you it is not close to reality.

2023 Specialized Diverge STR, new rear "suspension"

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IamLeven October 28, 2022, 8:11pm 86

I dont think I heard one review for this bike where they were impressed.

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2023 Specialized Diverge STR, new rear "suspension"

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