LONG TRAVEL KIT

[rapiddescent]

here is an old picture from our press launch in 1995.



The kit bolts onto the existing bike and makes a 4 bar link.  It is really heavy - we made it out of solid Al - in fact, I still have one in the workshop that has holes drilled all the way up it.  It has teflon bushings and we totally overengineered it.

The kit needs a realy stiff spring.  An MSPRO6 or 7 for most people.  Of course, if I was still making them then I would be making even stiffer COR springs for it.

We also made one for the 97 beast /animal called an LTK 9596EX.  Mad mad travel.  about 6" usable travel and it was just way too much.  the back wheel would never leave the ground and you could cushion massive bumps!  like logs!!

callum
rds

[Wankel]

Nice!!! . That would look WikKKed cool on my 856 !

Very nice Callum!

[Frankd3000]

Uhhh, Callum, what fork is on the bike in your pic?

That's not a carbon CrossLink. Black Chubby? No, too early. Maybe an RS DC? Judy?

[rapiddescent]

that bike had an old RST Hi-5 which later became licenced by Girvin to be the Girvin Chubby.

Fork was OK because we modified the internals to use a mixture of coil springs and elastomers.  felt quite good and was extremely cheap.

so many old school things in that photo:
+ remember when people used film in their SLR cameras?
+ a shiney new Rover 200 parked there - they are mostly rusty old cars nowadays
+ Shimano DX pedals! (BC = Before Cook Bros)

callum
rds