Now I’m going hard tangent, but don’t see where else these thoughts would go - so to the comments on Formula brakes with them!
Mountain bikers hate elastomers. I get it. Who didn’t have a friend almost drown because the elastomers in their Onza or Speedplay pedals froze mid-puddle, or gave a Judy go rigid because the bumpers got hard or etc,
BUT, I was thinking the other day about trying to create coil forks that are progressive in the end stroke like air and f-me if the old type-2 Judy springs didn’t come to mind. Just make the coil way longer and the elastomer part way shorter. Let folks mix and match elastomers to control progressively. They’re light, cheap, and they’d be perfect for the application?!
Feb. 21, 2020, 8:08 p.m. - Andrew Major
Now I’m going hard tangent, but don’t see where else these thoughts would go - so to the comments on Formula brakes with them! Mountain bikers hate elastomers. I get it. Who didn’t have a friend almost drown because the elastomers in their Onza or Speedplay pedals froze mid-puddle, or gave a Judy go rigid because the bumpers got hard or etc, BUT, I was thinking the other day about trying to create coil forks that are progressive in the end stroke like air and f-me if the old type-2 Judy springs didn’t come to mind. Just make the coil way longer and the elastomer part way shorter. Let folks mix and match elastomers to control progressively. They’re light, cheap, and they’d be perfect for the application?! 