Sitting at my desk, thinking of bike related things and this popped into my head, whilst looking at a Cannondale.
I remember a professor guy that did a series around the UK about inventions or such like. He used to ride around on a bike with a Rigid Single Legged Fork, the Luddite version of a Cannondale Lefty I suppose.
Anybody out there got any info on this, ie who he was?, who built the fork?, was it commercially available?
Cheers
adam hart davies perchance ? i seem to vaguely remember the bike in question too
the advantage being to look futuristic while defying engineering common sense?
Cannondale actually have a rigid lefty fork I think, it's on some of their commuters
Cannondale actually have a rigid lefty fork I think, it's on some of their commuters
its on my Bad Boy SS rigid, its brutally stiff, transmits all the bumps literally, tracks like a junkie and makes punctures a breeze but wheel removal a right faff as caliper has to come off
[i]wheel removal a right faff as caliper has to come off[/i]
Can you get them with V-brake bosses?
Be useful for fixing punctures without needing to remove the wheel?
I bumped into AHD once in a posh resturant near stroud ... took me a good hour to put a name to the face.
Can you get them with V-brake bosses?
i believe CrackNFail had a prototype Lefty V brake but the extra material required to maintain lateral stiffness without deflection caused the weight to multiply by a factor of 8.8 thoughout trials held at sea level