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Author:  Inconceivable [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 11:00 am ]
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https://www.pinkbike.com/news/structure ... -2017.html

Some pretty crazy stuff going on here...

(Let's say for the sake of argument that the bike actually performs as well as they say it will)

Author:  OldDogDan [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Would you ride this?

Interesting. Yes, I would ride it. But I wouldn't buy it unless it really offered a "quantum leap" in performance as they claim. I have no objection to the linkage fork concept at all, but this design is really lacking in elegance and perceived simplicity.

Author:  OhNooo [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Would you ride this?

Two observations:
1) Water bottle cages are so gauche
2) Future For Sale ads for used forks with steer tubes cut at 2" long

Given that my riding style is geared more towards a Lauf odd fork design than this one, I can't really talk performance.

Author:  OldDogDan [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:52 pm ]
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Can you imagine this mated to a Softride bike?

Author:  evdog [ Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:06 pm ]
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Wonder what sort of weight you'd be looking at. There are some very capable forks these days around 4 lbs. If they could use a standard size rear shock just with different damping it might be pretty cost effective.

Author:  Ray Dolor [ Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:03 pm ]
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The lack of a solid head tube makes the frame look a bit sketchy.

Author:  Copper Cable [ Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:21 am ]
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I'm kind of intrigued - mostly because this linkage system is designed to slacken the bike as the front wheel compresses, rather than steepening the angle, which is what happens now.

If it makes the ride more stable and less prone to over-the-bar adventures, I'd consider it!

Author:  OldDogDan [ Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Would you ride this?

Here's another linkage fork idea:
https://m.pinkbike.com/news/scurra-2-linkage-bike-eurobike-2017.html

Author:  Copper Cable [ Fri Sep 01, 2017 7:25 pm ]
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Wow - that one seems pretty odd. And heavy. The advantages they claim this linkage has don't seem to justify the additional levers. The previous option seemed to be address the changing angles that compression introduce. This just seem different to be different.

Author:  Ray Dolor [ Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:39 pm ]
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All's I can say about all those moving parts for a fork is, "Oy Vey"!

Author:  OldDogDan [ Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Would you ride this?

Hey, the linkage designs keep coming, with two positive reviews of this one:

https://singletrackworld.com/2018/07/review-motion-ride-e18-anti-dive-linkage-fork-first-ride

https://m.pinkbike.com/news/motion-ride-linkage-fork-eurobike-2018.html

Author:  OhNooo [ Tue Jul 10, 2018 10:55 am ]
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Fugly!

Found in the comments of the second link.... "That fork just gave me herpes!" :lol:

Author:  Ray Dolor [ Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:52 pm ]
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Regardless of how it rides, it looks to me like a one-crash fork.

I liked the looks of those Horst linkage forks, they seemed to make sense, but they did not cut it when it came to reality.

Author:  ajdonner [ Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Would you ride this?

MSRP of 1590 Euro or almost $1800. :shock:

I have a self imposed $3.5k limit on bikes and even that seems somewhat stupid every 5ish years. Most forks spec'd on bikes in my price range go for $800-1000. So nope; not until there's wide spread acceptance and some trickle down.

Just scrolled through previous posts and saw ODDs comment about mating one of these with a Softride. Ha! Ha! Had a Softride TT bike when I was into triathlon; what an odd ride it was. And what a messed up looking bike the chimera would be...

Author:  avidtest [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:32 am ]
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WAY less fugly, and comes from Weagle: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/trust-performances-the-message-carbon-fiber-linkage-fork.html

If it works as advertised, I'd rock that thing. Just need to hit a few lotto numbers to work it into the bike budget. $2700?!! Go piss up a rope.

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