Rigid forks on a full sus frame

[mountainloz]

One of the first Cannondale full sus offerings had a rigid fork and a flexstem.

my se2000 had suspension rear, rigid stem and rigid aluminium pepperoni forks

 

[stevet1]

I remember seeing people riding GT RTS's with rigid forks at the Malvern classic.

 

[dbmtb]

Proflexes were originally specced with flexstems and rigid forks.

 

[tee-one]

hmmmm got me thinkin now...

Could go a step further and brace the swingarm too.. make it fully rigid haha... Now THAT would be pointless...


As for putting rigid forks on a susser , it might be nice... Dont know till ya try i guess, and most of the hurt comes thru the saddle anyway..

 

[velomaniac]

Early Proflex's and Dales plus others were set up in this way. The theory was as you are in direct control of where you point the front wheel you can pick the right line and lift the front wheel as required. The rear wheel does not follow the front exactly and thus needed a shock to deal with its imperfect line choice. Load of cobblers as it turned out since hardtails and full sus now rule the roost :roll:

However, why not try a 29er front wheel on a rigid fork on a full sus frame. Might be slightly more sensible than a 26er