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Me and my mates back were taking racing bike frames and adding moped forks and wheels back in the seventies...

...Honda C90 leading link front forks actually rise ( rather than diving ) when braking & that idea needs bringing into MTBing.

Is this a feature of all leading link forks?

Good idea? Bad idea? Why? If good, why hasn't someone already tried it (or have they?).


 
Posted : 11/06/2015 7:09 am
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U.S.E. Sub fork

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Posted : 11/06/2015 7:51 am
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Quite a few people tried it in the early days but they tended to have shoddy bearings & linkages so people kind of stuck with telescopic


 
Posted : 11/06/2015 8:59 am
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It wasn't for the lack of good looks then

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Posted : 11/06/2015 9:05 am
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Obligatory german:A kilo link: http://www.german-a.de/en/kilo.html


 
Posted : 11/06/2015 9:17 am
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Did you miss these on[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/marmite-bike-shield-your-eyes/page/4 ]JohnClimber's[/url] thread yesterday?

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Best minimalist suspension forks Evaaaa 🙂


 
Posted : 11/06/2015 9:30 am
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fasthaggis - they still exhibit diving under braking.


 
Posted : 11/06/2015 9:35 am
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All of those ^ will still dive under forward weight transfer (braking) except the U.S.E SUB, which if you've ever ridden one is a properly weird feeling when you're all set to compensate for it and then it doesn't 😯

Even weirder when you go back onto normal fork after a long stretch on one end up nearly licking your front tyre first time you brake!

I think Bencooper still runs one?


 
Posted : 11/06/2015 9:47 am