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Author Topic: New company making the crosslink?  (Read 5158 times)

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Re: New company making the crosslink?
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2006, 08:17:16 am »
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It is said this fork has little tolerance at small bumps, a thing that crosslinks are acclaimed for...
Or you have a very hard fork with no sensivity for small bumps, or you have a bottoming fork at harder bumps.
I never tried one, so I would like anyone to confirm this...

a common criticism of most air spring/shock systems
The seals which obviously must be air tight cause stiction...wether or not its true is another thing
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Re: New company making the crosslink?
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2006, 03:30:36 am »
k2perv here.  i've been riding that look/fournales fork for some time now and i really like it!  seems to work great on smaller bumps (i ride mostly fast rocky singletrack) and big stuff (ten days in moab).  i like the travel as compared to the crosslink, although it isn't a big hit fork.

a medium would have fit my bike perfectly but i couldn't find one and bought a large on ebay.  it sits up a few cm higher and turned out to be perfect.  just threw a couple of carbon spacers in.  i think the medium might have required me to buy some riser bars.  ithe stem clamps to a part of the fork that screws on (!) so i was a little worried at first, but i've pounded the @#% out of this thing and wiped out a couple of times with no damage.

i'd recommend them to anyone who likes the crossling design!

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Re: New company making the crosslink?
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2006, 11:35:18 am »
I have also been riding the Look Fournales for a couple of years, and I love mine.  The way the shock is set up makes it very plush on the small stuff but still able to tolerate bigger trail hits.  I can also just bunny hop things without much thought.  I weigh around 185 lbs and I've given this fork a pretty good hammering.  It keeps coming back for more.  At pressures below 150lbs. the fork can produce some dive, but I don't find it a problem.  It is where the X-link should have gone.  IMHO.