Correct, a Fork has two blades a strut is single sided. Simple as that!
There was a strut in the BMX circles that came out a bunch of years ago that just wasn't successful. The design was rigid and I guess it couldn't handle the stresses imposed by BMX.
I was super skeptical when the LEFTY came out. I thought that it would be weak and easily destroyed. I was wrong. The R&D at Cannondale did their job very well. I used mine for 2 years and had 0 problems with the Lefty. I'm not featherweight either.
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