Mountain Biking - Crowns

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Temeraroius
12-12-06, 07:16 PM
Ok here it goes... I feel like an idiot for asking this but, what the hell are crowns? I hear the term thrown around a lot about forks, "single crown"/"double crown". Are they forks that go up to the handlebars (Freeride/DH forks) or what? Please explain, I feel like I should already know this.


DylanTremblay
12-12-06, 07:42 PM
Single Crown:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/patrick009/bikedesigns1.jpg

And a double crown would look like this...2 crowns:
http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/2005_front_shocks/Marzocchi_888_RC.jpg

taylor p
12-12-06, 07:46 PM
this should help
http://www.mbaction.com/detail.asp?id=1456


Temeraroius
12-12-06, 08:04 PM
Thanks a lot.