This is not a damn softail ....Geddit ?

[Wyatt Earp]

So is this:

 

http://www.bikerumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/2012-Cannondale-Scalpel-29er-Carbon-1.jpg

Just NO.

[Wyatt Earp]

Which bike shop u own Wyatt Earp? It seems very little hubbers own stores or do I live under a rock?

Summit Cycles Midrand.

[Red Zone]

http://www.trekbikes.com/images/bikes/2007/large/pilot52spa_blueblack.jpg

But this is

[Wyatt Earp]

NOW there is, but the earlier ones relied on flex in the carbon chainstays to allow the movement in the rear triangle. So yes, it was a soft tail, but is not any longer.

It still had a linkage in the top where the seat stay met with the seat tube, it was a pig to ride compared to my KHS ST.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

It still had a linkage in the top where the seat stay met with the seat tube, it was a pig to ride compared to my KHS ST.

 

 

Yeah, I remember that. Saw one today, in fact. 

 

As I recall, they wanted to get the frame to be as stiff as a hardtail, but with a bit of squish if it got past a certain point. I think, however, that all they created was a complex hardtail with more things that could go KABOOM

[Guest DieBees]

You live under a rock. ... Thanks for asking. ...

 

its a cool lbs in midrand - kyalami side...

Marco? Cycletech? I have the coolest rock out here.

[Guest DieBees]

Summit Cycles Midrand.

Oh cool!!! Should have read all the replies first... Sorry man!

[blondeonabike]

This is getting very complicated.  Lets keep it simple.  The more the bike goes squish when you sit on the saddle, the less likely it is to aggravate your hemorrhoids on a long ride.  You get bouncy bikes and not bouncy bikes. Easy Peasy

[Pieter1]

Please get the facts right, please for once and for all.

 

 

These are full suspension mountain bikes .

 

 

http://blog.zilla-bike.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/GIANT-TRANCE-X-29ER-0-MOUNTAIN-BIKE-2013-FULL-SUSPENSION-MTB.jpg

 

 

http://www.cpsc.gov/PageFiles/73275/10231.jpg

What if you run it with a rigid fork?

[BarHugger]

This is getting very complicated.  Lets keep it simple.  The more the bike goes squish when you sit on the saddle, the less likely it is to aggravate your hemorrhoids on a long ride.  You get bouncy bikes and not bouncy bikes. Easy Peasy

No pressure.........

 

[Wyatt Earp]

What if you run it with a rigid fork?

You would have a really *** ride.

[Pieter1]

You would have a really *** ride.

Hahaha! Seker. Wonder if some guy has done it.

[madbradd]

What if you run it with a rigid fork?

Better still, a rigid lefty!

[eddy]

 

 

What if you run it with a rigid fork?

You would have a really *** ride.

This weekend reminded me why I replaced the rigid fork on my Ritchey with a good old SID. I thought i'd give the rigid fork another try, but hell I hated it again.

 

Everything, even Jenna Jameson, becomes a *** ride if you fit a rigid fork. It is no surprise that front suspension was the first enhancement to early MTBs...

[V12man]

What if you run it with a rigid fork?

Then its a hard nose...

[V12man]

 

 

This weekend reminded me why I replaced the rigid fork on my Ritchey with a good old SID. I thought i'd give the rigid fork another try, but hell I hated it again.

 

Everything, even Jenna Jameson, becomes a *** ride if you fit a rigid fork. It is no surprise that front suspension was the first enhancement to early MTBs...

How do you fork if it's not rigid?

 

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