Dang, wish Balugoe had those a few months ago!  I got the ones with less flare, 34cm at the hoods and 37cm at the drops, and LOVE the hood position, but wish there was a bit more flare.

Got the Yoke in the mail last week, haven't done anything but measure so far, and don't plan on installing until putting some good miles on the Brain this year.

Brain shock + yoke, eye to eye = 255mm
Brain shock, travel = 49mm
Brain shock + yoke, at bottom out = 206mm

At bottom out, there's an 8mm gap from the seat stay bridge to the seat tube.  With potential for compressing bottom-out bumpers and frame/pivot/etc compliance, I wouldn't want to go much closer.

AliX yoke = 60mm
Recommended shocks = 200x51mm or 200x57mm

210 shock + AliX yoke, eye to eye = 261mm
51mm travel at bottom out = 210mm
57mm travel at bottom out = 203mm

I was using a measuring square, as parallel to the frame as I could tell, so it may not be the most accurate.  If my measurements were perfect, going to the 57mm shock would bring the seat stay clearance down from 8mm to ~5mm, but I'm sure there's some inaccuracy there.  I think it's at least close enough to say that a 210mm eye-to-eye shock will raise the rear end by ~10mm, the 51mm travel shock will bottom out a bit higher in travel than the Brain (but have slightly more travel), and the 57mm travel shock will bottom out a bit lower in travel than the Brain (and have ~15mm more travel).  I would assume the BikeYoke version keeps top-out height the same as the Brain, but the shorter shock option reduces travel, and the longer shock option matches factory travel.

Raising the rear end by ~10mm will also steepen the HA and STA, so could be a good candidate for a 110 or 120mm fork.

Ah, somehow I was clicking around and ended up at this link: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807674955031.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.49a41802Hvydjj&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

Same product, but no mention of shock size.

It's cheap enough, I ordered it.  I'll take some measurements when it comes in to see how the length of AliX yoke + 200mm shock compares to Specialized yoke + shock.

Since indievelo is dead (to me) is there any other platform other than mywhoosh for free?

Biketerra is free, just a lower graphics version of a cycling "video game"

^I've got the extended cage from F1Z bike shop, probably have 2000 miles on it with zero issue.  I've got the Sram MTB version, letting me use an 11-speed derailleur with Eagle 12 speed.  My buddy and I both use the oversize aluminum pully as well, but his completely bent on a ride for no reason.

This one does not have the part screwed into the hub, it has springs on both sides.

I'm not saying the ratchet screws into the hub, it's the part that the inner ratchet slides on.  The part in the original dt star ratchet system, big threaded ring on the left side of the picture.

I use Kingstop pads for gravel and MTB, they have a few compounds, I use the ceramic.  They're good all around, bite well, quiet, last ~2000 miles.

Unfortunately I don't have good news, hopefully someone else has some solutions.  The main issue is the bend in the handlebar, so an option could be to use a normal stem/handlebar (or externally routed one piece handlebar) and run the cables through the headset at a shallower angle.  Maybe there's a type of cable and/or housing that has less friction for tight bends, or a lubricant that can help.  I could never get mine dialed in so I went AXS.