Haibike has never been known for its original ideas or radical suspension concepts and the Lyke is no exception: the bike is based on a 4-bar Horst Link linkage (explanations in our glossary), the most common architecture and the most proven on the market . It’s simple, reliable, and usually works pretty well.
It develops 140mm of travel here, as on the front, and depending on the model we find Fox or RockShox to control it all. The high-end Lyke CF SE model is entitled to a strut shock absorber, in this case a Fox Float
geometry
Haibike and its short or outdated geometries are gone, and have been for a few seasons. The Lyke is very modern and its geometry fits its program perfectly on paper: a head angle of 65°, a versatile reach of 452mm in size medium and a seat tube angle just enough for long climbs (77.3°). ). We also notice a relatively high bottom bracket (just -25mm) to avoid pedaling on technical climbs.
Only the chassis are a little surprising as they are relatively long (450mm) as if we were on a large e-bike, whereas Lapierre or Focus have shown that it is possible to make it significantly shorter with the same motor. Will that have an impact on the pitch?