Theory, text, illustrations, and editing by Ken Sasaki
4-bar path analysis by Peter Ejvinsson
Spanish Version translated by Antonio Osuna
Additional translation and edition for the web y José Rubio
“Linkage” suspension simulation by Gergely Kovacs
© Kenneth M. Sasaki 2001, all rights reserved
{The authors welcome the reposting or reprinting of this page or any part of it, so long as full credit is given to the authors}
The following are short biographies and pictures for those who have contributed to the Path Analysis project and wanted such information displayed.
Ken Sasaki.
Ken Sasaki has been an avid biker for over thirty three years. As of this writing, he lives in Southern California, though that may change soon. His other hobbies include skiing (alpine and telemark), running, hiking, singing, and writing essays. He has a Bachelor of Science in mathematics, has worked in engineering, and is currently studying physics.
Peter Ejvinsson.
Peter Ejvinsson is 30 years old and lives in Stockholm, Sweden. He has been riding mountainbikes for twelve years. He is also into skiing, rock climbing, kayaking, windsurfing, sailing and hiking. He has a Master of Arts and works as an industrial designer. He also has a degree in mechanical engineering.
Peter would like it noted that he is not sure that he agrees completely with all of Ken Sasaki’s theories. There is a lot of it that he feels he does not understand. He asks the point be made that he has only produced the diagrams.
Gergely Kovacs
Gergely Kovacs is from Hungary. He is twenty six years old and works as a software developer and civil engineer. He has been a mountain biker for 10 years now, currently owning his second (or maybe the third by this time) full-suspension bike. He started developing the Linkage software about two years ago, and now it's quite a nice analysis tool for techy mountain bikers.
Jose Rubio
Jose Rubio is 31 years old and has been mountain biker for 12 years. He lives in Bilbao, fomous city for the Guggenheim Museum and a paradise for the mtb, here he has owned two rigid bikes an three dualies (XC´s and freeride´s). He works as an Industrial Engineer and is also involved in projects for the Web, specially in the usability and programming aspects. He has adapted this work for the web and hosts it on his website www.mtbcomprador.com Among his hobbies are snowboarding, surfing, traveling, reading and photography.
Antonio Osuna
Antonio Osuna, has translated Path Analysis into Spanish. He is mountain biker and maintains a website about bicycle tech (see links page)