No it doesn't.

Somewhere right now in scuba.com forums or, weekendclown.com forums, people are talking about how scuba-diving, or being a clown on the weekends, really says something about someone's character because scuba divers this and weekend clowns that, and the drive to scuba-dive really speaks to this and the desire to dress up as a clown on the weekends really shows that, and blah, blah, blah. And meanwhile over at underwaterbasketweaving.com everyone's laughing because they all know only those people truly stoic and forthright enough to weave baskets underwater can be called "heroes".

I think the rear suspension makes sense on those bikes because it's not hard to imagine how they may have to descend a staircase or something like that, especially in monument-heavy DC.