Inline shock absorber with coil spring for a cycle wheel suspension assembly

A suspension assembly for a cycle, the suspension assembly comprising:

• a steering fork having a steering axis and a first arm, the first arm having a first end and a second end, the first arm including a first arm fixed pivot, a first arm shock pivot and a first arm control pivot;
• a shock link, the shock link having a shock link fixed pivot and a shock link floating pivot spaced apart from one another, the shock link being pivotably connected to the first arm fixed pivot at the shock link fixed pivot such that the shock link is rotatable about the shock link fixed pivot and the shock link fixed pivot remains in a fixed location relative to the first arm while the shock link floating pivot is movable relative to the first arm;
• an inline shock absorber having a damper body and a coil spring, the coil spring being sequentially arranged along a substantially common central axis with the damper body, the shock absorber including a first shock mount and a second shock mount, the first shock mount being connected to the first arm shock pivot, the second shock mount being pivotably connected to a shock connection pivot located between the shock link fixed pivot and the shock link floating pivot along a length of the shock link;
• a wheel carrier, the wheel carrier having a wheel carrier first pivot and a wheel carrier second pivot spaced apart from one another along a length of the wheel carrier, and a wheel mount that is adapted to be connected to a wheel, the wheel carrier first pivot being pivotably connected to the shock link floating pivot so that the wheel carrier second pivot is rotatable about the wheel carrier first pivot relative to the shock link floating pivot;
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• a control link, the control link including a control link floating pivot and a control link fixed pivot, the control link floating pivot being pivotably connected to the wheel carrier second pivot, and the control link fixed pivot being pivotably connected to the first arm control pivot such that the control link floating pivot is rotatable about the control link fixed pivot, which remains in a fixed location relative to the first arm control pivot,
• wherein the fixed pivots and the floating pivots are arranged in a trailing configuration where each of the fixed pivots is forward of the corresponding floating pivot in the forward direction of travel, and
• wherein, a mechanical trail distance, which is a distance between a ground contact point of a wheel connected to the wheel mount and the steering axis, increases as the suspension assembly compresses relative to a fully extended state.