Originally Posted by
Servo888
Since when is the internet a peer-reviewed journal?
Who claimed that it was? That just an ineffective attempt at a distraction that you're trying to make Captain Shopper.
Originally Posted by
Servo888
Lack of experience my butt, I spent 2 years designing and building aluminum frames for various types of robots (from 5lb to 150lb monsters), including a month long period of research and development using pneumatic rams.
Yes, lack of mountain biking experience (shopping does not count!) and unfamiliarity with how FS frames insulate various component parts from some trail shock.
Allegedly playing with robots for a few years has not helped you gain an understanding of the relative reliability of different types of mountain bikes.
Originally Posted by
Servo888
I don't see a 160lb dude doing much damage to a Trek 6000. Yes I may be wrong.
No, you have been and continue to be, wrong.
Originally Posted by
Servo888
The only way to prove that the bike can handle certain jumps is to do a structural stress analysis on the frame, fork, and the rest of the components. That will only take 4 weeks in the lab to complete.
If that's the case (I think you're wrong on this "point" as well) then have you done that lab work? Which hardtails did you compare to which full suspension bikes?