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Had one (borrowed) on my touring bike for a month. Used for commuting to work on gravel path and old railway line. Really nice, liked it, saving up to buy one.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 8:37 pm
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Thanks for all the feedback from people who have used the fork both good and bad views . I suspect i will probably give some a try, especially after cleaning my 2 month old reba of 12 hour use and already marks on uppers! Reason intetested in this fork is i only ride xc, unlikly to get more than 1 foot of the ground (unless something goes wrong!) And planning to ride bike about 6 to 8 hours a week in all weather. As amazing are normal suspension forks thats a lot of potential required maintenance so it seems this fork for the my intended use could be quite good.


 
Posted : 18/03/2017 9:41 pm
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Good call dis40

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Posted : 18/03/2017 11:26 pm
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I think the material has some inherent damping.

Carbon fibre does, but nothing that would be of use for damping a pair of small springs like these.

Basically it will do what a bigger tyre, a very skinny springy fork or an undamped short travel sus fork would do. Over very high frequency low amplitude bumps it could be effective, pros/cons as ever.


 
Posted : 19/03/2017 10:05 am
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Over very high frequency low amplitude bumps it could be effective

Which is pretty much what you get in a lot of Iceland.

I think they look fine on some bikes and wrong on others. I've had a very short play around on one of John Climber's bikes but there was a lot else going on as well: Plus tyres and Jones Loop bars, so a little difficult to isolate things. I have seen one pair break at the crown race, not sure if it was a faulty unit or it had been fitted incorrectly.


 
Posted : 19/03/2017 11:26 am
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JonClimber, are you sponsored by Lauf? I get that impression from your blog.


 
Posted : 19/03/2017 12:33 pm
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