lefty bad boys

tardington
tardington Posts: 1,379
edited January 2009 in Commuting chat
http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/article/mps/uan/2610

Not sure if I like the lefty style rigid fork! Nice bike though... 8)

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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    it looks really nice, i reckon it would take a while getting used to it
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Can someone who understand materials explain how a single fork is better, and also how there's no flex AT ALL which would put it out of the vertical? Aren't the stresses on the hub all wrong?

    (clearly it is viable as motorbikes have been doing it for ages but I still don't understand how)
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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    I've never understoood the lefty concept.

    The single fork leg needs to be stiffer, they need a special hub to wthstand the twisting forces, and they're disc only. The result is a fork that's just as heavy as it's normal counterpart, that isn't as stiff, and that's far more limeted in brake choice.
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  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    Very stealable nice that.
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