Originally Posted by
PromptCritical
Interesting. So those pieces are designed to flex in the vertical plane but not the horizontal plane. Clever.
Pretty much. Supposedly they really cut down on chatter/vibration really well and have good small-bump compliance. Kinda what I'd expect a spring fork to do well at. Some people use them in racing, as I guess there are some efficiency gains to be had on certain courses. Maybe it's my MTB/moto background, but I personally rather have a telescopic fork with dampening and adjustable compression/lockout.
Originally Posted by
chaadster
Yeah, and that's what makes the picture so interesting; it's curious to see a big, honkin', urban e-bike tire on there, because that suggests weight is not the driving issue...
My guess is that the fork just
happens to be on that bike and there may not be any driving issue behind it. Or the big, honkin' commuter tires are overinflated, and the suspension fork is an attempt to dial some compliance back into the ride. I'm running 2.2" XC race tires on my rigid Lauf and can say that I don't really need any more compliance with this set up...and I can say these tires are verified to have less rolling resistance than commuter tires. Also really hard to puncture these outside of an MTBing scenario.