Carbon Fiber suspension
Why isn't this a huge trend in mountain biking? I would think there would be at least one company mass producing them.
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it breaks
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Cannondale makes extensive use of Carbon fiber in both the Lefty fork and some of their rear suspension designs, as well.
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I've ridden a FS carbon Cannondale on a Demo day. Crazy fast. But you'd never see me buying one. I'd be too afraid to crash it. I've broken too many carbon fiber things in my life (XC skiing).
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Ah, I forgot about the Lefty Carbon. I'm just surprised there isn't some XC weight weenie all carbon fork that weighs like 2lbs.
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Talk to B2B
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My 1997 Proflex had a carbon fiber swingarm... no problems. The higher-end models had carbon frames and linkage forks with carbon legs.
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DT swiss and Manitou both make suspension forks with carbon lowers.
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Originally Posted by mzeffex
(Post 9321540)
DT swiss and Manitou both make suspension forks with carbon lowers.
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Is that yours or a photo you found somewhere?
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Oh Lawdy!
I was blessed by the fork gods to be able to set the crown race on that baby. Probably the closest I'll ever get to it again. I would SOOO break that son-of-a-woven-wonder. Beautiful work though...dayadGUM! |
On what?
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Originally Posted by mzeffex
(Post 9326191)
On what?
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On the DT swiss one?
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It's mine...... A build in progress. The wheels are on the way, I will put up a ton of pics when it's finished.
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Lucky little..
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Maybe it's somewhat of a marketing thing, as all of the carbon fiber suspensionless forks tend to be marketed towards cyclocross.... but as others have said, it does exist on the super high end.
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Don't forget to smile big while you are crashing. You can show off the splinters in your gums.
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B2B never crashes. It's just like that.
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He's that good?
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He's better than that...he holds back when I ride with him. I just know it.
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Honestly I feel that the carbon lowers will stand up to anything other than a blow from a sledge hammer. I'm sure that wouldn't do mag lowers any good either. There seems to be a lot of scepticism about carbon and mountain biking, but really carbon is pretty tough. If you could put your hands on this fork, I think you would agree that the lowers are more than tough enough for the abuse the fork is designed to take. I sure I'll scuff them up on the rocks at Perry, and Fancy creek, But there are enough layers on it to handle that.
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Layers, how thick are the lowers? thats what would determine if I trusted it or not.
I marvel at the tensile strength at carbon. but as soon as the resin cracks,if its not high end and done good, it goes downhill. |
Originally Posted by -_RebelRidin'_-
(Post 9332850)
Layers, how thick are the lowers? thats what would determine if I trusted it or not.
I marvel at the tensile strength at carbon. but as soon as the resin cracks,if its not high end and done good, it goes downhill. |
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