Something new(ish) from Focus suspension-wise?

[MARKL]

Faux Bar = Single Pivot?

Yes and yes to the following from the dude and mitchy

 

[Zaf]

Neat!

So to clarify, pictured would be an actual 4bar suspension because the second pivot is on the chainstay infront of the axle.
If that were on the seatstay it would be a Faux Bar?

 

[mitchy_]

Spot on, that one is a Horst link.

 

[Martin.au]

This is one for a Sensor 1.0.

iDrive uses a linkage system to adjust the BB position through the travel, but is still a single pivot axle path.
It looks different to the Kona due to the position of the pivot

Yeah. I was expecting it to look different to the more common single pivot bikes. Main thing with the idrive/freedrive system is the single pivot is very high, which results in fairly rearward axle arc.

 

[The Dude]

Sort of.....

But there are multiple pivots on the Faux Bar.

Not between the rear axle and the main swingarm pivot
Have a look at that YouTube video someone posted earlier

 

[Zaf]

Not between the rear axle and the main swingarm pivot
Have a look at that YouTube video someone posted earlier

Drew a diagram and asked some questions in a chat, it's making sense now.

 

[pink poodle]

The Poo was referring to axle path, in which case a single pivot is a single pivot. The variance is in the position of the pivot.
Shock rates are a whole other kettle of fish, and have much more to do with how a suspension design feels than AP

Correct. Looks like this has gone around in circles all day.

That Nicolai frame looks nice.