Originally Posted by
Chuckk
Girvin look sharp, but not all that much movement. Maybe my elastomer is shot.
Softride are a spring loaded trapezoid, which work, but have four axies with eight bearings to wear.
(seems like Softride should have made a CF beam stem, I wonder why not?)
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Using a flex element instead of pivots would allow the handlebar to twist too much?
A short "flex biscuit" (as used on a Slingshot bike frame) does control sway to a surprising degree, but looks like it might make for a very heavy stem once everything was proportioned for the loading(?).
Then there's also the Lauf fork's design to perhaps consider...
Hey, that's it then, just use a Lauf fork!