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07-31-2015, 09:28 AM #26
He's worked for two of the most over hyped major companies in the industry, and designed a pretty whack DH bike. I'm pretty sure we shouldn't be listening to anything he has to say, regardless of how good of a rider he is.
It's a common misconception that the bike industry engineers are some sort of wizards. ROFL. Almost every other industry is more challenging. Trek can't even do better than (what is in reality) a single pivot suspension design.
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07-31-2015, 10:16 AM #27Registered User
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You may possibly be completely wrong because the lefty is the dumbest thing in the universe altho it is way stiffer than any thru axle?
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07-31-2015, 11:16 AM #28
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07-31-2015, 11:27 AM #29
Get over it.
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07-31-2015, 12:01 PM #30
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07-31-2015, 12:26 PM #31Registered User
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07-31-2015, 12:43 PM #32Registered User
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the best most fun thing about the lefty is when people look down at the bike and say "Hey there is only one fork leg!?" to which I reply "Holyfuck where did the other one go!??" and it happens almost every ride
in real life the only thing that ever went wrong to on the spv 140mm lefty was when new the triple clamp strut bolts loosened off and needed to be properly tightened with a tork wrench, I never had the wheel off cuz you can change tires without taking the wheel off, I never did anything to the fork, it just works real well/exactly the same as it ever did when new and I forget there is only 1 leg except it doesn't ride no hands when I try to show off riding down mainstreet to the coffee stand
you want dumb i will tell you whats dumb and I will wager a case of brown pops that DS drives an MV that has a front strut so he doesn't have a leg to stand on ... not a lefty not a rightyLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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07-31-2015, 12:48 PM #33
Taking an inherently bad idea and pouring a bunch of engineering into it does not make something *good*. Cannondale has some of the the most ill-conceived, gimmicky designs in the history of mountain biking. Right up there with crank brothers. No experienced bikers take them seriously.
The lefty is the bastard child of two marginal Cannondale designs, the Headshock and Moto FR fork. The needle bearings were developed for the headshock, and they put them in a normal(ish) fork, the Moto FR. Complete overkill. Take one leg away, invert it, and you've got the lefty. The reason Cannondale's products are unique is because most of them are a *bad idea* in the first place.
http://www.vintagecannondale.com/can.../headshok.html
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07-31-2015, 01:05 PM #34Registered User
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Please educate us on what is such a bad idea about the needle bearings.
Just saying it's a bad idea doesn't make it one.
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07-31-2015, 01:28 PM #35
I'm a huge fan of needle bearings, roller bearings, and linear bearings. They are not practical to use in suspension designs.
http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/ar...crum-dh-43964/
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07-31-2015, 01:30 PM #36Registered User
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I tested the 1st years offering of 140mm lefties at interbike in fact I tested 3 of them and I bought the bike, they all (4 if you include the bike I bought) work as advertised, you go to the C-dale booth buddy would ask what you weigh, he sets it up according to the little card you get with the bike and viola great balanced all mountian ride
i also tested the 1st year of Giant reign so while the back end didn't feel too bad there was some 5-6 " fork up there that felt like shit/was puking oil which was not setup for me let alone in working order, I imagine its been beat on by industry types (but so had the lefties) so I'm test riding a bike made by THE largest bike company in the world which rides like shit/is failing, every industry type interested in the 140mm AM bike category would have ridden that same POS still I'm pretty sure there were way more reigns sold than prophets that year, which is what a major company is supposed to do to stay a major company ... sell bikes
I'm pretty sure a lefty is a bad idea if you can't sell it?
caveat: I am just some old hack who is not in the industryLast edited by XXX-er; 07-31-2015 at 01:43 PM.
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07-31-2015, 01:34 PM #37
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07-31-2015, 01:35 PM #38Registered User
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So in 1998 in the early versions the needle bearings needed to be reset. Not an issue with current forks so they must have worked something out over the years.
Again why is the Lefty such a bad fork from a performance and engineering aspect?
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07-31-2015, 01:38 PM #39Registered User
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Damian, do you have a blog for all your wisdom? I think the world needs a blog from you. With videos of you riding, too.
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07-31-2015, 01:39 PM #40Registered User
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There are lefties and there are lefties, some of the oldies i admit may have been wanting, the 140mm didn't come out till 2004 and there were 3 models that year ... cheap, spv (pretty good) and carbon strut ($$$)
the rm6 rear end had 6 inches of travel up down AND sideways
you do drive a car that uses a strut on the front wheel ... fess up!
if you got a car with front forks please post a pic and tell me where I can send your beerLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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07-31-2015, 01:39 PM #41
Having one leg makes them an *inherently stupid* design. Just like it would be *inherently stupid* to select a 15mm axle over 20mm for any sort of longer travel suspension fork.
I can't comment on their performance, because no serious biker would run them. They seem to have some nice engineering, as do most cannondales (with a horrible design concept).Last edited by Damian Sanders; 07-31-2015 at 02:59 PM.
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07-31-2015, 02:07 PM #42
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07-31-2015, 02:09 PM #44Registered User
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"He entered the professional mountain biking scene in 2001, then part of the Volvo/Cannondale team.
He races in downhill and four-cross (4X) on the UCI World circuit. Gracia rode for the Rainer-Wurz Siemens Cannondale team between 1999 and 2005, "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9dric_Gracia
Cedric was a very large dog in DH/4 cross and a seriously crazy dude, think a french version of Shaun Palmer
http://www.cannondale.com/can_en/teams/
I think C-dale do pretty good in road & xc mtb
Maybe I'm just a cynical old bastard (who is still waiting for a pict of the front fork of yer car) but i think its all about spancership/money/support?
I forget the specifics but I remember back when only real climbers were on Everest some climber offering the idea that if some one would pay he could get a toaster oven to the summit of EverestLast edited by XXX-er; 07-31-2015 at 02:21 PM.
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07-31-2015, 02:13 PM #45
I know two riders that absolutely shred on lefties. They don't post much on the internet tho
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Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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07-31-2015, 02:31 PM #47
Everyone I know who owns a lefty keeps a spare on hand for when their "main" one breaks.
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07-31-2015, 02:35 PM #48
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