{"id":107121,"date":"2022-10-25T02:12:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T02:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-specialized-designed-the-diverge-str\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T02:12:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T02:12:05","slug":"how-specialized-designed-the-diverge-str","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-specialized-designed-the-diverge-str\/","title":{"rendered":"How Specialized designed the Diverge STR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One look at the new Specialized Diverge STR can leave you scratching your head. The bike’s showpiece is a new rear-suspension system that sees a flexing frame post connected to a damper in the top tube, via an exposed aluminum ‘tendon’.<\/p>\n

The design is called Rear Future Shock and it is said to ‘suspend’ the rider. It reduces vibrations at the saddle while retaining the bike’s rigid ‘double-diamond’ frame and consequently the acceleration and handling one can expect from many of the best gravel bikes.<\/p>\n

Chris D’Aluisio, one of Specialized’s concept engineers, and the man behind the brand’s Smartweld technology, first started work on the idea over five years ago, handmaking prototypes at home.<\/p>\n

D’Aluisio’s prototypes reveal how Future Shock Rear came into existence and provide a rare insight into the work, breakthroughs and dead ends behind a bike’s design \u2013 something you’ll rarely see.<\/p>\n