When I first got my e-stay Haro frame I was looking in to linkage forks a lot because a weird fork on a weird frame sounded fun. The prospect of likely needing to do a rebuild to get back to a flexible fork killed how fun it sounded.
I’ve seen photos of a Noleen fork with a coil shock, but it didn’t seem to be very common. I think the AMP fork also used a coil.
The kicker is that most of the old forks didn’t have any damping and the ones that did weren’t that great.
26er Amp fork 1" threaded steerer (118mm long) free for shipping cost to any of y’all. Has a coil spring and then the little babby dampers on the side. My understanding is parts are available. This is an early one with welded-on canti housing hanger.
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The dream of the 90s (MTB scene) is alive in Bend
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also a 1x! With a surprisingly large big cog, looks like a 40-ish, and custom made? Cunningham once again several decades too early to the party.
That chainslap-control device on the chainstay and seat tube is wild
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That might be the Lawill Leader? As you say, not that common. A friend raced one BITD.
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Paint on that steel jawn looks good. And really seems like a good for the for big wheels. the copycat’s review said it was harder to start moving and obvs not as easy to turn.
Also impressive they are making that down to small size.
trail around 110, sounds like shit on skinny bars
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why is it a suspension corrected fork when there is only like one suspension fork that length?
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32" stuff is really putting a fine shine on the already pervasive marketing-approved vocabulary.
What a waste of time, the bike sounds like it sucks ass for anything except going downhill in a perfectly straight line.
I think 32" is going to be another standard, but it will take a while until the bikes are any good. Until then it’s going to be virtual handjobs the entire time so the content cycle can perpetuate.
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Honestly I hope this 32” goes the way of 29x3”+
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Zinn’s revenge.
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I like Sklar for saying ‘nah not worth it’ and selling his prototype.
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How does Prolly feel about these pictures?
He is the inventor of bike photography, after all.
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we will not be talking about 32" in ten years
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Jokes on you all… plus tires go hard af actually.
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32” track discs/trispokes would be worth the hassle
Isn’t 26+4 awful close to 32?