GNOLI

The new GNOLI frame is made to slay rough trails with a heavy emfisis on getting gnarly on the downslopes.  The steeper and rougher the trails - the better it shows its dominence.   A true 4-Bar suspension layout assures it will remain active even in the heaviest braking over mogul size braking bumps resulting in increased control.
 
Axle Path
 
The Gnoli’s suspension layout creates an arced axle path which increases the 440mm static rear centre to
nearly 449mm at sag, up to 451mm in the mid-stroke, and returning to 444mm at bottom out. The
initial rearward axle path increases stability when descending by lengthening the rear centre in high-
speed chatter sections when traction is key.
This is also a benefit on technical climbs as it allows the front of the bike to maintain forward momentum
as the rear centre stretches over square edge hits as compared to most “low pivot” suspension design
where the opposite is true. This combined with the 18-tooth idler pulley which drastically reduces pedal kickback can make the roughest climbs feel like a breeze.
One of the biggest complaints with high-pivot bikes is that they can feel inconsistent or vague on jumps or through corners. This is where the Gnoli’s arced axle path truly shines – you get the benefits of a high pivot when it matters, then a more intuitive and predictable feeling in the mid to end stroke when pumping out of a corner, or over rollers or off a jump or drop... we like to prioritise fun here at Cachet Bikes if you couldn’t tell.
 
 
Leverage Ratio
 
The GNOLI frame has a starting leverage ratio just above 3.0:1, progressing to 2.35:1 at bottom out. This gives a 22% progression rate, making the GNOLI frame suitable for air or coil. This amount of progressivity allows riders to use full travel without any harsh bottom outs when the shock is properly set to your weight and riding style.

• If you’re the rider who is always looking for side hits and likes to boost jumps, we recommend an air shock.

• If you like hunting down the gnarliest tracks on long lift days or want to mute the terrain below you, we recommend coil.

• And if you like to do both on any given day, an air shock with a reliable shock pump will give you the most flexibility to quicky adapt to your environment.

Oh, and does 172mm seem like too much bike? The Gnoli is also compatible with 62.5mm and 60mm
Trunnion mount shocks giving you 165mm or 159mm of rear wheel travel (with 21% progression) which
can be paired to a 170mm or 180mm fork. 
 
 
Anti-Rise
 
This one is for the bike nerds (spoiler alert: the GNOLI’s anti-rise values will not throw you over the bars).
Anti-Rise describes how the suspension design counteracts braking forces on the rear shock. More
specifically, the amount of braking force from the rear brake (as a percentage) is pulling the shock back
to top-out from the sag position, causing the bike and rider to pitch forward. The GNOLI's suspension
design creates 110% anti-rise at sag and drops down to 107% to 92% from the mid-stroke to bottom out.
What does this mean? 100% anti-rise means that the linkage resists 100% of the rear brakes braking forces acting upon the rear shock.
Simply put: the rear brake does not cause the rear shock to extend or compress. The Gnoli’s anti-rise figures are only about 10% and above and below the 100% line; this isn’t enough difference to feel the rear brake pushing or pulling on the rear shock. Just know that pulling that rear brake is pretty much doing nothing to the rear shock And who only uses their rear brake anyway? Running too much sag or improper damping in your fork plays a much greater role in pitching the bike and rider forward, so don’t worry too much about this one.
 
Anti-Squat
 
 
Opposite to anti-rise, is anti-squat (kind of). Instead of looking at decelerating forces, we are now looking at the accelerating forces from the back wheel and how the linkage design resists these from being applied to the rear shock.
When you pedal, you are accelerating the rear wheel which creates force with your mass, causing the rear end of the bike to squat (rear shock compresses). The linkage design alone can counteract some of this force but the tension you are applying to your chain also plays a major role. Some bike manufacturers focus on increasing anti-squat through chain tension, but this usually comes at the cost of
pedal kickback... something we do not enjoy.
Ok, so anti-squat resists accelerating forces from compressing the shock. When are your accelerations greatest? When you’re climbing up a steep hill in your largest cog, or when you’re pedalling hard out of a berm you just blew. This is why some manufacturers only show the 51 or 52-tooth anti-squat line or only state a single figure of the anti-squat percent at sag.
We wanted to be more transparent so we’re showing the whole anti-squat chart for your climbing gear (51-tooth), mid-cassette (24-tooth) and hardest gear (10-tooth).
In your climbing gear (51t), the Gnoli resists 93% of squatting force at sag. You can apply a lot of acceleration in this gear but only for a very short amount of time (each pedal stroke), so focusing on the sag point alone for this gear makes sense.
Summary:  most of the squatting forces are counteracted, meaning very little pedal-bob when climbing.
Now for the other scenario, you just blew a corner because your buddy in front schralped it, throwing dust in your eyes and now you’re trying to catch up (it was the dusts fault for sure). You’ll likely bepedalling hard somewhere in your mid cassette now, so your pedal strokes are longer meaning the accelerations last longer. We’ve shown this on the chart above as the “Heavy Pedalling Window”, which is your mid-cassette range of gears from 30% to 60% of your travel. There isn’t much point to over
analyze the rest of the curves because you won’t be trying to pedal hard as you’re well into your end-stroke or bottoming out. It’s also difficult to generate a ton of acceleration when you’re in your hardest gear (lets be real – the slope of this hill is doing more for your speed at this point).
Enough about all that. When you are mid-cassette (24t) the Gnoli’s suspension design resists 42% to 23% of the compressive forces being applied to your rear shock in the pedalling window. This means that your suspension can still work as you’re pedalling hard to gain speed, rather than locking up and deflecting you off roots and rocks. In your hardest gears, you can experience squatting as the anti-squat drops into negative values, but one of the pros here is that you will not experience any pedal kickback.
We wanted the GNOLI frame to get you to the top of the hill then feel like a downhill bike on the descents rather than that “sporty” enduro feel (read: stiff and uncomfortable).  No, you probably won’t get any climbing KOM’s on this bike but you will more than make up for that on the way down!