Why, if Cannondale can manage to equip an expensive lefty fork with a rubber "boot" that presumably does not gather dirt against the delicate stanchion of the fork (or "strut" I suppose in this case), do no other manufacturers return to doing so? I've heard the "it's not fashionable"/"they look gash"/(and my own,"the manufacturers want them to wear out, longevity of the product not being marketable") arguments before so let's ignore that. Is there any other reason why these delicate surfaces on a mountainbike are left uncovered from all the crap they encounter, and does anyone manufacture something that does the simple job of protecting them?