[Electric_City]

http://forums.mtbr.com/downhill-freeride/scurra-2-unique-enduro-bike-1026614.html#post12893282

 

[canadmos]

 

[canadmos]

 

[canadmos]

No missing links on that thing.

 

[jonKranked]

No missing links on that thing.

now we know where they went

 

[Happymtb.fr]

Could have been a hit but no bottle cage mount... Sorry!

 

[MinorThreat]

Disturbingly reminiscent of the Whyte PRST-1

 

[jonKranked]

Disturbingly reminiscent of the Whyte PRST-1

one of my neighbors was still riding a raven up until this summer. met its demise when a rack failed and it fell off while the vehicle was moving.

 

[kickstand]

I hope the bb standard is up to your standards

 

[Jm_]

Didit:

From interbike 2013:

 

[TrumbullHucker]

 

[StiHacka]

Looks rigged.

 

[Electric_City]

I hope the bb standard is up to your standards

From the looks of this bike, it probably has 3 different BB standards, Stan.

 

[CheetaMike]

Didit:

From interbike 2013:

I look at some of those and think , dude put down the bong your sucking all the water out of it .

 

[Jm_]

I look at some of those and think , dude put down the bong your sucking all the water out of it .

Come on, it was the 90s and early 2000s. It didn't matter if it made sense. They literally threw all the shit on the wall to see what would stick. If you could dream it, you could prototype it and get it in MBA magazine.

 

[FarkinRyan]

That is the single most comprehensive collection of linkage forks I have ever seen put together Jm_. Kudos.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Come on, it was the 90s and early 2000s. It didn't matter if it made sense. They literally threw all the shit on the wall to see what would stick. If you could dream it, you could prototype it and get it in MBA magazine.

No kidding. I can remember seeing suspension forks being used as rear suspension for pro DH at an early 90's Norba National.

 

[trib]

http://m.pinkbike.com/photo/13252244/

There's also this wacky number Rob Metz of Zerode had in the works.

Seems to address the weird wheel path most linkage forks take, plus it looks like it's off a space ship

 

[CheetaMike]

No kidding. I can remember seeing suspension forks being used as rear suspension for pro DH at an early 90's Norba National.

Marin and Easton/Manitou did that .

 

[Jm_]

http://m.pinkbike.com/photo/13252244/

There's also this wacky number Rob Metz of Zerode had in the works.

Seems to address the weird wheel path most linkage forks take, plus it looks like it's off a space ship

I think if I rode that over time my right arm would go Popeye to compensate for the mass.

 

[MinorThreat]

Didit:

From interbike 2013:

Am feeling aGREEVEd by that photo set....

 

[Sandwich]

i still just want to see somebody build a floating linkage for a normal fork.

 

[hmcleay]

i still just want to see somebody build a floating linkage for a normal fork.

I've looked into this. Floating caliper with a push rod connecting to the crown.
Trouble is, to get reasonable amounts of anti-dive, the brake link needs to be quite long (about the same length as the wheel radius).
If the brake link is shorter (aka neater), there would be so much anti-dive that the fork would top-out under braking.

I find these linkage forks pretty interesting from the perspective of axle path, anti-dive, and the way trail changes throughout travel. But they're all pretty ugly, and that's the bottom line for most people.