[Closed] CX Lefty

Want!!!!!

Do you have a link to the story?

http://www.cxmagazine.com/spotted-cannondale-suspension-cyclocross-bike-prototype-lefty-fork-2014-nbx

That is a thing of utter bloody brilliance!

Mud clearance? Pah!

Looks awesome but...... Aren't we getting into the realm of hey we have just invented mountain biking!!!

More like, "Hey, those mountain bikers have come up with some pretty cool technology. Wonder if we can use it, too?"

See also road discs, tubeless, etc.

2.3 front tyre 😉

They did it ages ago i think, except with the a fork [img] [/img]

It's my cynical outlook on the bike industry CFH 😀

Next up dropper posts flat bars and all thats left will be to swap the letters round.

[img] [/img] hmmmmm ;p

There were dropper posts in the peleton this year werent there?

Tony at thumbprint tuning has been running a travel reduced carbon lefty on his CX bike for a number of years, we've been wondering if it would catch on 😉

http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/09/news/cyclocross/tim-johnson-testing-cyclocross-suspension-fork_347760

[url= http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/07/le-tour-tech-srm-power-meters-seat-droppers-ice-vests-and-more/ ]Nibali uses some dope technology. [/url]

😉

It somehow seems "wrong" to me, for CX to adopt too much of the kit already found on MTBs...

It looks cool but then would it be that beneficial? Wheel changes would be far too slow for racers and is it really worth all the extra gubbins for an inch and a half of front suspension?

It looks cool but then would it be that beneficial? Wheel changes would be far too slow for racers and is it really worth all the extra gubbins for an inch and a half of front suspension?

I'd have one for the 3 peaks!

Wheel changes would be far too slow for racers

The problem isn't really is it worth it but is it still CX. Considering the technicality that is coming into top level XC racing perhaps CX is the new entry level XC racing.

I'd like a rigid carbon one, just for the mud clearance.

Nice!
This reminds me tho.. I'm after a new lefty...

They may have fixed the forks for mud clearance but that was never the issue with my old SuperX, the rear clearance was horrendous.

its very silly and if we stop talking about it it will go away.

😕

Wonder what the weight +/- is.

My 2015 SuperX has plenty of rear clearance.

Want!

Interesting, that would be fun on the 3 Peaks 🙂

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We all know about Cannondales old fatty on their CX.