Hoeser with Laiti
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Hotwheels.
Old School Grand Master
Never understood the one legged fork.
No doubt it's perfectly safe and stable and I understand the weight saving, but the amount of forces the front wheel can be subjected to off road must have some kind of impact.
Also feedback from the surface and general feel must be compromised when compared with a traditional fork. There's a video with Tom Ritchey opining the harm disk brakes have upon feel and feedback between surface and rider, and balance, due to one leg being reinforced and the subsequent absence of symmetry. I imagine removing one leg entirely comes with a similar cost.
Having said that I'd love to ride one for myself.
No doubt it's perfectly safe and stable and I understand the weight saving, but the amount of forces the front wheel can be subjected to off road must have some kind of impact.
Also feedback from the surface and general feel must be compromised when compared with a traditional fork. There's a video with Tom Ritchey opining the harm disk brakes have upon feel and feedback between surface and rider, and balance, due to one leg being reinforced and the subsequent absence of symmetry. I imagine removing one leg entirely comes with a similar cost.
Having said that I'd love to ride one for myself.
joglo
Senior Retro Guru
I'm pretty sure the frame used for this bike was also for sale for a while at Kleinanzeigen / classified in Germany, not long time ago.
I have no clue if it works and how well, but the concept using an torsion elastomere looks interesting.
Hoeser was also building pretty nice frames, often just bespoken stuff or mini series.
This how a similar bike but without Laiti parts looks
and a different version (earlier) in Sep. 1993 in a bike magazine.
I have no clue if it works and how well, but the concept using an torsion elastomere looks interesting.
Hoeser was also building pretty nice frames, often just bespoken stuff or mini series.
This how a similar bike but without Laiti parts looks
and a different version (earlier) in Sep. 1993 in a bike magazine.
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