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WOW! look at that sh!t... I had one of those back in the 90s and it still hasnt changed. Little thicker tubes, cooler paint job, new shock and its my old bike

BTW that bike was really awesome, had plenty of travel for XC and most trailriding, was light as hell, and handled better than any bike I have ever owned on the singletrack... so, its good that it hasnt changed much

Here she was:

Ahhh but it has changed Golgi - the Jamis Dakar series bikes no longer feature the chainstay pivot (horst link) like they used to. I think Jamis argues that the stable platform shocks of today negate the need for it, but I think the Big S finally caught up with them somehow and they were forced to change - either that or it was just cheaper for them to make the frames with seatstay pivots vs. chainstay pivots.

I think 2003 Dakars were the last year they used the chainstay pivots.