What Fork To Get?
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moar stiffness and available with a real mans front axle, a fork made for the monkeys? Kornelius VonKapfinner strikes again.
I am a fan of its strange German aesthetic, sort of want. What’s wrong with me?
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You know he twists the ends of his handlebar mustache while laughing in an evil manner.
The laughing probably starts after you have a hard landing and one stiff fork leg and one not so stiff leg steer you into a tree.
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I can see that, which makes me also think fondly of my old v2 commancal.
Bury that shit. Bury it deep and never ever show it again.Need more neg chamber?
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First Look: Intend's New Inverted Fork Uses One and a Half Crowns - Pinkbike
For when one crown isn't enough but two crowns are obviously too many? Not quite...www.pinkbike.com
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Totally, vintage Supreme
Somehow managed to be less weird looking than a linkage fork.
I actually think it is a WAY better location for a huge negative air spring than the Secus. But that’s all I got for a participation trophy.
So we can have 50% better torsional rigidity than a single crown inverted...but only in one direction...and still not as good as a right-side-up fork. That company needs to be punched in the face a few times till they figure out that inverted is stupid.
while I do agree re: inverted forks in general, from my armchair engineer perspective it would seem that a brace on the riders left side should provide less noodling of the fork against braking forces. Would it be as rigid as, wait for it, a standard brake arch and non-inverted design? I don’t know. Then again I possess the iq equivalent of Forrest Gump when it comes to such things.
I’d be interested to see some actual data on rigidity on this fork vs various traditional forks. My current new shiny traditional fork fails my very scientific “hold the front wheel and wiggle the bars” test that I perform on each of my forks, even with the supposedly upgraded bolt on axle.
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It saves a whooping 120 g over the Infinity full dual crown option. I would go for the Infinity but I know that a lot of dentists are out of options of weird looking front ends for their Evils, Yetis and Pivots after Trust went on a hiatus. So congratulations Intend for filling this cavit... ehem, niche.
that was his inspiration for it apparently.
plus he's german. he's not going to listen to an armchair engineer from the internet.
Just wait until that dangerholm asshole shaves that half crown off to save some weight on a Ferrari inspired Scott Ransom 10kg build.
Not me, been down that road too many times. As said elsewhere, it's a short-cut for those that can't get casted lowers, but the huge performance disadvantage is never worth it. Like going with a solid rear axle for your sports car.
One (inverted) can be done by a simple CNC machine, likely in any major city. Where are you going to get casted lowers?
Blackline Ebonite - Intend
110x15mm boost axle, 180mm brakemount, travel is changeable later (all necessary parts included)
www.intend-bc.com
he just cnc‘s them? he’s german...
That looks CNCed, not casted. Like Marz did with the Super T, except that they were using bolt-on shit still.
Blackline Ebonite - Intend
110x15mm boost axle, 180mm brakemount, travel is changeable later (all necessary parts included)
For one, or for a production run and if the latter, how many? For you to do it yourself, buying all the equipment, or to have someone with the machinery like Suntour do it?
I'm thinking Suntour catalogue???
Does the new EXT not use a lower shared with one of the bigger players?
Does the new EXT not use a lower shared with one of the bigger players?
Yeah, the EXT is using X-Fusion lowers.
So far it looks like you'd need a cold die-casting machine, besides stock and any supporting equipment:
www.sksdiecasting.com
And you need a mold: https://www.sksdiecasting.com/die-casting/molds
Looks like this machine might be just big enough?
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Looks like this machine might be just big enough?
Used Frech DAK 250-34 280 Metric Ton Cold Chamber Die Casting Machine For_Sale DCM-4985
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still waiting for you to answer *how much you think it costs*So far it looks like you'd need a cold die-casting machine, besides stock and any supporting equipment:
SKS makes use of the most technologically advanced die casting and machining equipment available.
SKS manufactures premium parts and components produced through aluminum die casting. Contact SKS for your customized aluminum die casting needs today!
And you need a mold: https://www.sksdiecasting.com/die-casting/molds
Getting there, you gotta start seeing what kind of machinery is necessary, what sizes, how to get it to a location, etc. Logistics. So far, I'd budget at least 50K to get started up, maybe more. Looking like about 5K to ship that kind of machinery across the country, not to mention if you have to go overseas.
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Well, that was the conclusion I was starting with, that it was expensive as shit.
I agree.
I just don't have sympathy for any company making inverted forks because casted lowers are expensive. Avalanche did it, along with a plethora of companies from back in the day. These all sucked. Some aspects of the forks didn't suck, like the dampers on some, but while I think you can make up for some air spring wonkiness with damping, a bad chassis is far more limiting IME. I got "normalized" to it for a while riding a few of these and for sure you can screw up a right-side up fork too, like how stratos managed to make flexy right side up dual crown forks, but these just had no redeeming properties due to the wheel "kind of" going where you wanted and "kind of" being able to ride the lines you pointed it at.
you clearly have a chip on your shoulder about it. you'll be happy to know.....
Blackline Ebonite - Intend
110x15mm boost axle, 180mm brakemount, travel is changeable later (all necessary parts included)
www.intend-bc.com
well that one doesn't look moto at allyou clearly have a chip on your shoulder about it. you'll be happy to know.....
Blackline Ebonite - Intend
110x15mm boost axle, 180mm brakemount, travel is changeable later (all necessary parts included)
