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10-13-08, 04:28 PM
Hi tech-masters and all,
I think about front suspension/better hand comfort for my folder brommi (but could be any other with hard fork). So far I found as possibilities: pantour, ergon a.o. grips, Steve Perry postmoderne telescopic suspension seatpost mod and in theory and perhaps possible with serious mods: germanA and big apple. And of course Len Rubins stem which is parallel...hmhm, what about that but in a more "off the shell version"...would it be possible to cut the steering-stem and insert a parallelogramm seatpost into it (with shim and QR):
Steves mod with telescopic seatpost:
In this version one could perhaps clamp the bar into carves instead of halftube saddle holds?
(drawback: for travel reasons the post has to point towards the rider hence smaller effective top tube):
Lens Rubins parallelogramm:
My idea: a parallelogramm stem:
the setback turned forward and the bar clamped into the post instead of the two halve tubes? What do people think? Worth a try to cut the steering stem?
I think about front suspension/better hand comfort for my folder brommi (but could be any other with hard fork). So far I found as possibilities: pantour, ergon a.o. grips, Steve Perry postmoderne telescopic suspension seatpost mod and in theory and perhaps possible with serious mods: germanA and big apple. And of course Len Rubins stem which is parallel...hmhm, what about that but in a more "off the shell version"...would it be possible to cut the steering-stem and insert a parallelogramm seatpost into it (with shim and QR):
Steves mod with telescopic seatpost:
In this version one could perhaps clamp the bar into carves instead of halftube saddle holds?
(drawback: for travel reasons the post has to point towards the rider hence smaller effective top tube):
Lens Rubins parallelogramm:
My idea: a parallelogramm stem:
the setback turned forward and the bar clamped into the post instead of the two halve tubes? What do people think? Worth a try to cut the steering stem?