Yes because the distance changes and there's no pivot between the top swingarm pivot and the bottom linkage pulling pivot the chain stays are designed to flex. They don't flex much and are really wide so they only flex up and down.
yeah thats what i thought, cuz otherwise it wouldnt move. it'd be like taking a kona 4-bar and welding the pivot at the wheel so that it doesnt move. it jsut wouldnt move unless it flexed, right?Yes because the distance changes and there's no pivot between the top swingarm pivot and the bottom linkage pulling pivot the chain stays are designed to flex. They don't flex much and are really wide so they only flex up and down.
Yes there is flex in order to activate it. The chainstay pulls on the bottom link and flexs slightly as the Swingarm gets slightly pulled apart.there is no flex needed in order to activate the suspension which I think is what those guys were wondering.
It is entirely possible for that suspension design to work without the chainstays flexing. Although because I don't own one I couldn't tell you whether they actually do flex or not.yeah thats what i thought, cuz otherwise it wouldnt move. it'd be like taking a kona 4-bar and welding the pivot at the wheel so that it doesnt move. it jsut wouldnt move unless it flexed, right?
Wrong. As I've tried to explain, the distance from top of swingarm(pivot) to bottom(link pivot) changes it needs some give. If it was aluminium for example and you welded a rod between the top and bottom it would not work and pop the rod welds.It is entirely possible for that suspension design to work without the chainstays flexing. Although because I don't own one I couldn't tell you whether they actually do flex or not.
No it's not. Any linkage has to have effectively 4 bars (which entails either 4 pivots or at least one member that bends or changes length) in order to be able to move, as jcook90 has pointed out. The Lahar only has 3 except that the chainstay can flex vertically. It doesn't have to flex far, but it does have to move.It is entirely possible for that suspension design to work without the chainstays flexing. Although because I don't own one I couldn't tell you whether they actually do flex or not.
i run my 40's at 7inches. so no prob. i'm getting a flat stem this week so will prob raise the forks and change to 7.5inches.sweet bike man, where abouts are you in england? i would really love to see one in real life...
oh yea, your 40 look really slammed. doesn't look right.
two in england? wow... pity nps is 60 quid just for entry, i got to get a danm job...
sorry to sound like d1ck but i seriously think your 40 is way too low, looking at lahars web site and xy9s lahars, their forks aren't that slammed.... fox 40s change travel internally and you dont need to change the crown height for different travel settings. i am prolly wrong but just checking man...
i worried coz i have 40s too, and i referred to the lahar on lahar's web site, and xy9's coz i am familiar with the boxxers too, 40's slammed and boxxers with med crowns slammed have very similar amount of stanchion sticking out on top to the top crown...
and with 40's when its slammed for one travel setting, it would be the same for every other setting. only adjustment made is internally.
just had another look at the lahar web site and there is another bike which has the fork as slammed as yours, obviously they run some bikes raised all the way on purpose... maybe to raise the bb?
peace,
adam.
Hmm - I don't run 40's, but I think that's incorrect.2. not trying to sound like an ass, but i know my ****, with 7 inch you can run them dropped as the min distance between seal and bottom crown(tyre/crown) is different from 8inch.
Hmm - I don't run 40's, but I think that's incorrect.
Changing travel involves rearranging the internal spacers on the spring side, and for whatever travel you reduce via the spacers - the fork will drop the same amount (because effectively you are lowering the topout point).
Basically - that means that you SHOULDN'T be able to lower the bottom crown any further just because you change the travel. The minimum height for the bottom crown should stay the same.
good to see you've got an m9 back in your hands. been off the bike for a couple weeks (damn holidays in the tropics), and i'm itching to ride. now that we've got a few on the board, it might be time to fire up a generic lahar thread, so there's a singular source for all things lahar (a festering hotspot of fanatic zealotry)...just been out to cwm carn for the weekend testing this.
shes a beauty
Are you ever going to post a pic of your complete bike?good to see you've got an m9 back in your hands. been off the bike for a couple weeks (damn holidays in the tropics), and i'm itching to ride. now that we've got a few on the board, it might be time to fire up a generic lahar thread, so there's a singular source for all things lahar (a festering hotspot of fanatic zealotry)...