Originally Posted by
Revoltingest
On the front fork, the latching is accomplished within the upper & lower tubes.
The helical hinge is unloaded. It just happens to be near the latch.
On the rear triangle, the hinge is down by the bottom bracket, but the latch
is at the top of the triangle. (This helical hinge does carry a load though.)
The rear hinge system is the same as how everybody else does it. Its compounded in complexity with the helical hinge extension in tandem with the fold hinge. I don't see how it is "separated " as being better that what everybody else does already.