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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: DugB on July 29, 2009, 10:10:35 am

Title: Another bizarre linkage fork design
Post by: DugB on July 29, 2009, 10:10:35 am

Bored today, can you tell?
I found a German website that sells these...crazy fork design, the GA-Force Kilo:
http://www.german-a.de/en/

Check out the YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnaBP0I_dZA

Almost looks like an AMP crossed with that Specialized frame that had a shock on one of the seat stays!

- Doug :-)

Title: Re: Another bizarre linkage fork design
Post by: jefbar on July 29, 2009, 05:18:01 pm

Interesting that the shock is offset and attaches to one fork leg.  Seems like they would've gone the extra step and figured out a way to remove the opposite fork altogether, a la Cannondale Lefty.  I imagine they engineered it out, but my first thought is, "I wonder if it binds up?".