For the smaller guys (me) it can be an issue with getting the bars low enough on a 29er. I'm happy with my bars where they are running a 6 degree stem reversed with a flat bar and no spacers. Not a lot of room to play with there... But I do have a long inseam so that helps make it work.
The comparison to a car suspension doesn't work. Cars CAN'T use a strut like a lefty as:
1) They require the suspension to move through a curve gaining negative camber during roll. Using a lower control arm achieves this. (Unless you own an 80's Mustang...) Plus why would you have such a long arm extended if you didn't have to? You have chassis at the bottom so naturally a control arm makes sense for support.
2) Nobody in their right mind wants to do bearing resets on their cars. No way to get around that through design. Cars have struts on bushings like normal forks or shocks.
The right comparison is airplane landing gear. 🙂
Not so sure about Jim's pictures. I think they're exaggerated based on him having the 140 based Lefty not the 120 based lefty. Doesn't change the fact that it would never work for him or overall the effect is the same.
They do make a size large fork, I'm wondering if they'll make a size small at some point. Some guy in Europe moved his lower clamp to do just that and it seemed to work well.
-Steve
The comparison to a car suspension doesn't work. Cars CAN'T use a strut like a lefty as:
1) They require the suspension to move through a curve gaining negative camber during roll. Using a lower control arm achieves this. (Unless you own an 80's Mustang...) Plus why would you have such a long arm extended if you didn't have to? You have chassis at the bottom so naturally a control arm makes sense for support.
2) Nobody in their right mind wants to do bearing resets on their cars. No way to get around that through design. Cars have struts on bushings like normal forks or shocks.
The right comparison is airplane landing gear. 🙂
Not so sure about Jim's pictures. I think they're exaggerated based on him having the 140 based Lefty not the 120 based lefty. Doesn't change the fact that it would never work for him or overall the effect is the same.
They do make a size large fork, I'm wondering if they'll make a size small at some point. Some guy in Europe moved his lower clamp to do just that and it seemed to work well.
-Steve
