[Closed] AutoExpress folding bike group test - oh dear!

Haven't read it, but I can only imagine.

However:

Even worse that they are disc brakes and it's likely that you'd rip the caliper off at the first serious stop.

No, you wouldn't - if anything, on the front of the right fork leg is a better place to put the caliper - it means the wheel is forced into the dropouts under braking, not out of them.

Link anyone to the review ,
And yes plenty of things have the caliper front right hand leg

is this a fail by the OP?

Sorry no link available yet.

Well I've never seen a disc brake mounted in front of the fork. The forces acting on the caliper are not into the main part of the fork but in tension to the caliper bolts. Nevermind the horrible geometry of having a fork the wrong way round!

[i]The forces acting on the caliper are not into the main part of the fork but in tension to the caliper bolts.[/i]

where's cynic-al when you need him?

Only one I can think of that's like that by design is the Cotic Road Rat fork, but agree it's not an inherently bad thing because of the way the forces are acting on the dropouts. Yes it's putting the top bolt particularly under a bit more stress, but it's not that bad.

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I have a road rat , several k later the disk mount has not just ripped off

Also geometry is only bad if you are a retard and use anormal fork backwards- roadhog is designed to be that way 😉

Of course it's possible to do both 😉

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