My mountain bike has a state of the art front suspension system with lockout, It sports a single telescoping tube instead of twin tubes, its extremely rigid and does not require a fork brace because there is no need to try and keep two tubes tracking together, also, because it is a square drive (underneath the rubber boot) it allows C-Dale to utilize 88 abec-3 needle bearings for their linear slide --- far superior to the plastic/teflon bushings that have to be used in the twin telescoping units --- the result is zero sticktion under massive loads, the forks work great under heavy braking or mild conditions, they are also sprung with air pressure which reduces the unneeded weight of a coil spring or elastomeric ------- For me Iv never seen or ridden a better cross country front suspension, Its also equipped with a lockout for sprinting up hills and not "pogo-ing" This is the only thing i did not like, To actuate the lockout one must have one hand leave the handlebars -- a No-No on a mountain bike esp. in brutal terrain --- The first pic is the center knob that C-dale had for locking and unlocking the front suspension, it sat directly on top of the steering stem
This is what I ended up doing -- although my bike uses thumb shifters I mounted a grip shift to the right handle bar, if you follow the cable it mounts to where the old knob was, there is another piece of a grip shifter mounted on top of a piece of delrin that holds two return springs and a shock actuator bracket, What an improvement to never have to have your hands leaving the bars while blasting down bumpy single track, i cant tell you how many times I almost lost control with the old set up, but If i ever do crash and break that little delrin piece I hope no one is around to hear me cry like a baby --- I had to fit many of things into a small package and would not look forward to building another.
This last pic shows the front suspension and the boot where the square steering drive and linear travel is located.
This is what I ended up doing -- although my bike uses thumb shifters I mounted a grip shift to the right handle bar, if you follow the cable it mounts to where the old knob was, there is another piece of a grip shifter mounted on top of a piece of delrin that holds two return springs and a shock actuator bracket, What an improvement to never have to have your hands leaving the bars while blasting down bumpy single track, i cant tell you how many times I almost lost control with the old set up, but If i ever do crash and break that little delrin piece I hope no one is around to hear me cry like a baby --- I had to fit many of things into a small package and would not look forward to building another.
This last pic shows the front suspension and the boot where the square steering drive and linear travel is located.
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