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  • Why no superconducting magnet suspended non contact frictionless forks?
  • midlifecrashes
    Full Member

    Gotta be cheaper and less maintenance than 2012 Fox shurely?

    Few superconducting electromagnets to hold the sliders equidistant from the outers with no contact and so no friction, you could do the damping with induced gaussian braking too. Just off to the shed…

    LoCo
    Free Member

    SHH! I was just working on some! 🙄

    slimjim78
    Free Member

    the oil corps are keeping them under wraps.

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    it’s the cooling that’s a bugger – winter bike only, really

    Elfinsafety
    Free Member

    I’ve already designed and patented some. 😐

    So shut up.

    steve_b77
    Free Member

    cynic-al anyone

    paulosoxo
    Free Member

    I already use forks that have 0 friction/stiction.

    LoveTubs
    Free Member

    Battery life/power i guess, not sure on size:power ratio needed to cope with the forces. I could make a fag-packet calculation for you….I’m that bored atm!

    Russell96
    Full Member

    Think the having to stop before riding under any power lines and working out Ampere’s Law to determine if your forks are going to lock up, pack down or violently expand is going to be quite challenging to write into a user manual.

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