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From what I can research no magazine or online publication has ever done a
proper back to back comparison of a lefty vs single crown on the same bike. So
after reading part 1 of your article I though great, this is cool MTB
journalism and should be very interesting, especially since the MTB community
is so full of contempt and bias against the lefty. Adding to that, showing the
teardown of the lefty suggested these articles would go into much detail in
the suspension fork vs strut shootout.
I’d wager dollars to donuts that the lefty is stiffer than the pike, yet your
article comments that there was no discernable difference. How did they
compare in Fore-aft stiffness, torsional stiffness? Surely the lefty had an
advantage? Not even under hard braking? Seems you’re not giving the lefty a
fair shake here.
Also, the tone of the article is the lower axle to crown of the lefty is more
of a flaw than an advantage to the pike. Being able to run a 160mm lefty
instead of a 150mm pike whilst having identical geometry is a huge advantage.
You could have easily popped in a 10mm spacer in the pike to compare the forks
with equal bike geometry. Yes, a bike with 67 HA is getting steep especially
for shore testing… I get it.
Furthermore, the fact that the lefty is 10mm lower allowed you to run your
29er front experiment. How well would that have worked on a pike with another
10mm a2c?
The internet is full of bike reviews that are beginning to all sound the same.
Focusing on the lefty vs SC more on point would have been more interesting, in
my opinion.
Yes, I’m a lefty fanboy but also ride 35mm stanchion SC. Cheers.
May 31, 2016, 12:37 p.m. - Brian
#!markdown From what I can research no magazine or online publication has ever done a proper back to back comparison of a lefty vs single crown on the same bike. So after reading part 1 of your article I though great, this is cool MTB journalism and should be very interesting, especially since the MTB community is so full of contempt and bias against the lefty. Adding to that, showing the teardown of the lefty suggested these articles would go into much detail in the suspension fork vs strut shootout. I’d wager dollars to donuts that the lefty is stiffer than the pike, yet your article comments that there was no discernable difference. How did they compare in Fore-aft stiffness, torsional stiffness? Surely the lefty had an advantage? Not even under hard braking? Seems you’re not giving the lefty a fair shake here. Also, the tone of the article is the lower axle to crown of the lefty is more of a flaw than an advantage to the pike. Being able to run a 160mm lefty instead of a 150mm pike whilst having identical geometry is a huge advantage. You could have easily popped in a 10mm spacer in the pike to compare the forks with equal bike geometry. Yes, a bike with 67 HA is getting steep especially for shore testing… I get it. Furthermore, the fact that the lefty is 10mm lower allowed you to run your 29er front experiment. How well would that have worked on a pike with another 10mm a2c? The internet is full of bike reviews that are beginning to all sound the same. Focusing on the lefty vs SC more on point would have been more interesting, in my opinion. Yes, I’m a lefty fanboy but also ride 35mm stanchion SC. Cheers.