My name is Brian Stearns. I have been designing and making my own unique brand of mountain bikes over the past few years and would like to share them with the world. I started out as a hardcore mountain bike racer and rider and eventually turned my passion of riding bikes into a possible career of making better ones than I have found on the market. 

The basis for most of my designs is the integration of a floating rear shock and virtual pivot linkage. The first prototype is an 8.5 inch rear travel downhill race bike. I have decided to call it the DVP which stands for Dual Virtual Pivot. The idea behind it is that the rear wheel and the shock both work on a virtual pivot because the shock is floating in the front triangle rather than on a fixed pivot point. On paper the bike exhibits extraordinary performance in terms of the shock curve. It has a very definite S shaped curve that starts at 3.2 and falls to 2. I have brought the ratios even lower with the subsequent framesets. 

Plenty of bracing was added between the virtual pivot linkage to provide a very stiff and precise rear end. The chain is guided over a roller to help with pedaling efficiency, and the linkage plates have pinch bolts to grab the bearings for easy alignment and maintenance. Frame construction is chromoly (4130) for the front triangle and rear triangle and the linkage plates are 7079 aluminum alloy. The overall weight of the frameset is around 12 pounds without the 3 inch stroke shock which is considerably low for a chromoly frame.

All fabrication was done with the use of a homemade frame jig to ensure alignment during TIG welding and all pivot points were faced and reamed afterwards. 

From the initial ride it was obvious that the numbers correspond to real life performance. It feels very progressive especially toward the end providing that bottomless feel that so many manufacturers talk about. Pedaling feels very efficient for a bike with the amount of travel and rearward wheelpath that it has. This is due to the chain roller that is mounted to the seat tube which causes the chain to shrink by 8 mm rather than stretch as opposed to many virtual pivot bikes. 

I am very pleased with the resulting frameset that I was able to produce as it was my first attempt at bicycle design and fabrication especially with the complexity and challenge that is prevalent in full suspension bikes.

Updated 4.29.2011

Added new riding pics. 

Interested in owning a No BS Bike?

I am ready to take orders for any type of bike. Not only the ones you see prototyped on the site, but if there is another style that you would like I can make it fully customized to your specifications. Any travel length, linkage configuration, geometry, or other feature you would like to see can be accommodated for.

 Any bike I make would be fully, 100% guaranteed for life. If something goes wrong I would be more than happy to fix it up for you. I take pride in my work and I want to see it make others happy too.

 All my bikes are designed on SolidWorks and Linkage Bike Checker. Throughout the process, I will be in contact with you regarding your approval of the design. I am not at all limited to the designs I have posted on my site, since these were mostly for concept verification for my linkage designs. 

 You will not get this kind of one on one treatment and support anywhere else. When I chose the name No BS Bikes I meant just that. No reservations, no limits. All performance. 

 If you are at all interested shoot me an email at nobsbikes@yahoo.com. 

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