Someone on another thread mentioned the Whyte PRST-1, which was famous for its linkage forks. They always got great reviews, even though opinions on their looks was, erm, divided. Personally I think it looked great.
Now, the advantages of a linkage fork are that you can fine tune the travel path of the wheel (I seem to remember that the Whyte went backwards then up) and that they can be made stiffer than a 'normal' fork. Plus, surely, with a bot of thought they could be made to look a bit more aesthetically pleasing than the Whyte's. I would hav thought that you might also be able to isolate braking forces like on the USE ones of a while ago.
So why aren't there any around?



