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Originally Posted by Timpo
so somebody please tell me why is this front fork more beneficial than the conventional fork...
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Simple answer: Cannondale is insane. That said, I have a friend who swears by his lefty fork. It was known as a light weight alternative to a dual fork. It incorporates both compression and rebound cartridges in the single fork, as opposed to standard forks where the comp and reb are split between the stanchions.
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Originally Posted by Timpo
GT has some unique rear suspension design
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That bike is from a time when the engineers were trying to find the best suspension design. One that would soak up bumps and jumps, without the rider losing all of his pedal power to the suspension.
Nowadays they have narrowed it down to the DW link
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The Horst link, the VPP, the single pivot and the 4 bar
Bicycle suspension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
My Knolly is a 4 bar, while the Bottlerocket is a single pivot. The 4 bar is great for soaking up big drops and jumps. While the single pivot is higly active and is great for jumps and transitions.
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Originally Posted by meme405
The trek is also good for breaking both your hands on as I did 2 years ago.
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Damn!!!!
You'll find me riding my bottlerocket at Whistler most of the time now. I ride with my 11 year old, so the Knolly is just too hard to ride slower. It needs to be opened up.
But man, when I do ride her, it's something special.
Post up some pics of your bikes.