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I've always wanted a lefty
Or an AMP Research fork
I like weird designs 🙂
Been following this thread as I too have long hankered for a Lefty fork, especially for my sexy skinny Salsa A La Carte 8)
ChunkyMTB - MemberWoohoo maybe I'll be fashionable one day!.
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What about the VN Revelstoke? I know its not suspension but still using the Lefty design.
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I've got a lefty and view it as a conversation starter rather than a performance enhancer.
The suspension action is great but I find it a bit flexy when the going gets rooty and rocky.
I think the needle roller bearings are the crux of this design. Wouldn't be surprised if they came up with that first, then found it really heavy, then realised they could do away with one leg.
I've not ridden one, only squished, but they are extremely sensitive to small forces.
When will we get leftys for the rear wheel?
molgrips - MemberI think the needle roller bearings are the crux of this design. Wouldn't be surprised if they came up with that first, then found it really heavy, then realised they could do away with one leg.
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You wait, come 2025, we'll all be rocking [s]lefty derived[/s] needle bearing dual leg single crown USD forks with oleo strut damping.
Boosh, back of the net!!
The headshock suspension systems used the 'roller bearings on flat surfaces' prior to the lefty. I think the headshock design was constrained to limited travel, which is why lefty was developed.
Both headshok and lefty are stiff than a conventional fork.
And don't forget that the USE linkage design USP was antidive.
Also, I had the idea for needle roller bearings with square tubes in the early 90s. Didn't do anything with it though 🙂
I've always thought there was more room in the market for leading link style forks with rear shocks allowing you to swap and change suspension but the complexity, cost and people's inability to see past a design 20 years old seems to be a stumbling block.
It's a few decades more than that. They've tried all sorts with motorbikes. The solution that works best is what we've got. Anything else is just a novelty (and worse).