Thanks to a very helpful forumite, I was able read the article. It did seem to be a reasonably balanced approach. Perhaps it suffers from a slight lack of objectiveness but that's very hard to avoid if you're already riding what you think to be the world's best bike. So you tend to compare items which are valuable to you (Grand Bois tyres which are the most desirable item to have I understand). It also seems Jan has a very bouncy pedaling style which old-fashioned bikes with fat tyres are very forgiving with). Either that or he pedals at a rate where the suspension bobs. I have never detected any bobbing in my Moulton, except maybe if I pedal very fast down a slight incline which does not require hard leg work - then it's very hard not to bounce but that happened on my non-suspended singlespeed as well.

It is true at least to some extent that the Moulton was designed by a non-cyclist - Alex Moulton designed exactly what HE wanted. It is a credit to his engineering skills that it turned out so well.

Anyway, what I suspected to be the case turned out to be so - the randonneur bicycle with Grand Bois tyres which is unassailable in its pole position at BQ, was compared against a funny bicycle with hard narrow tyres and outdated suspension.

There was no mention of ensuring the tyres were inflated to give 15% sag. So perhaps all the testing was done with too-hard tyres?