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Yikes, how did I never see this before?
Never mind the looks, I could live with that - that leading link looks a bit vulnerable though! Takes me back to my Giant DH Team circa 2006ish, with the linkage that hung way down below the BB. It loved steep, rocky roll-ins...
Burn it with fire !!
It would be interesting to see that bike given the slo mo bottoming out treatment as in the recent video to see how it reacts
The motorcycle world got rid of (mostly) leading link forks around 80 years ago, so why do cycle designers think they can do better with it?
For the best fork designs, just see what the Motorcross makes are fitting, and hope it can be scaled down for cycle use.
Has that bike been crashed or is it meant to look like that 😂
The motorcycle world got rid of (mostly) leading link forks around 80 years ago, so why do cycle designers think they can do better with it?
My BMW GS has Telelever forks which work really well, I love them. But they are not common on motorcycles now. I think it’s a combination of weight and complexity.
You're not wrong. State of some of that pointing 😳
You can’t post that picture without quoting the top comment on PinkBike....
‘Question is, will Oscar Pistorius be wanting it back when he gets out of prison?’
Every Branch On The Way Down.
And just because you can. . .
I'd love a shot of that.
If you think that's ugly, have a look at the watch thread on here, marvel at not only how much some of the thread inhabitants spend on ugly gawdy wristwear, but also the service costs.
Boak
Is it just me or does ground clearance immediately jump out as a potentially major issue? Pedal strikes are bad enough on rutted trails without adding your forks into the mix.
Turns out there are some things colour-coordinating pedals bolts valve-caps and disks can't redeem.
Looks like a hybrid of a carbon road fork and the old USE Sub fork!
Probably works ok, but would be interesting to see how it survives something like coming up short on a gap jump or step up, as always though, good to see innovation, if it doesn't work it'll not be around long, but if it does!
The guy who designed it is putting together a frame for it.
Single pivot, 560mm chainstays...
Is it just me or does ground clearance immediately jump out as a potentially major issue?
I don't think it would be anywhere near is much of an issue as pedal strikes are, you can control where you put the front end, whereas the BB area just tracks your line.
It's very rare that you're in ruts that narrow to catch your fork.
The forks looks like it would be ridiculously plush - but his frame on instagram? How is the back wheel going to stay aligned?!
Colour clash cabling and the rotors don't match: I'm out.
I'm pretty sure this is rocksled_suspension on instagram. I don't think the fork looks bad I quite like the exposed carbon and full view of the rotors. I guess what really matters is how it performs.
I don’t think it would be anywhere near is much of an issue as pedal strikes are, you can control where you put the front end, whereas the BB area just tracks your line.
But pedals can be levelled when you need to. Imagine putting that through a rock garden where you miss a big old lump to the left and your fancy pants fork smashes into it.
It's another one of those solutions looking for a problem products.
And it's butt ugly - and this is coming from someone who has just orders a Bird Aether 9c....
But pedals can be levelled when you need to
Which makes them, what, over a foot across? That fork looks like it sticks out mibbe 2" at a guess? I'm not saying it won't happen, just that its not as much of an issue.
Gies a shot mister!
Think the strikes issue would be a problem for stuff i've been doing over winter, deep ruts and descents with the rocks and the usual narrow gap, to be fair i think the biggest issue is it's basically just a rear shock that's been mounted into a strut, so you'll have no on the fly control or adjustment, and there's a reason front and rear shocks are so different, due to the forces and what they are acting on during riding.