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11-01-2018, 11:32 AM
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A suspension fork from Dave Weagle
Not sure if this was discussed. But here is a fork designed with input from DW.
Interesting. But the price....ouch... https://www.competitivecyclist.com/t...age-boost-fork 
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#3
11-01-2018, 11:52 AM
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Pinkbike's article on it.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/trust-...kage-fork.html Also, I see him every once in a while through a friend. I do remember some napkin sketches for something like this, but we were all unfortunately pretty inebriated so can't remember squat for details.
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11-01-2018, 02:09 PM
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Me thinks the R&D and engineering team forgot to talk to the sales & marketing team.
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11-01-2018, 02:23 PM
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The "engineering team" is Dave Weagle plus the founder of Edge/Enve. The "sales and marketing team" is the founder of Competitive Cyclist - this is no one's first rodeo. Interestingly, they claim to have 2500 units (or 6.75M dollars worth of product) ready to go.
Though they are functionally completely different, I think the relative success of Lauf products for gravel and fatbike have helped pave the way here. Even if you think these non-telescoping sus fork designs are ugly, Lauf has at least pushed this "look" into the acceptable window of what bikes look like. I'm also not sure the cost is really that out there. If you can afford a $9500 Ripmo or SB130 you can afford the $1300 difference between this and a Fox 36 Factory. My biggest question is whether the engineering issue this claims to solve - constantly changing front-end geometry through fork travel - is actually an issue. For example, I kinda like that my front end gets a little shorter leaning into a really tight switch back; it helps the bike turn quicker. Last edited by Jaybee; 11-01-2018 at 02:26 PM.
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11-01-2018, 02:32 PM
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I just don’t see it...although I’m also not their target audience (old man who’s current mountain bike is pulling a kids trailer)!
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11-01-2018, 02:46 PM
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I have always been a fan of linkage forks. I will follow this closely. I wonder how much cheaper a alloy version would be?
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#8
11-01-2018, 03:07 PM
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I keep wondering if an old AMP-style linkage might be a good fit for the amount of travel a gravel bike "needs".
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#9
11-01-2018, 03:41 PM
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I'd really like to ride one, but I doubt I'd pay the premium to put it on my bike when the current crop of "regular" forks rides so well.
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11-01-2018, 03:55 PM
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Doesn't this system essentially use leverage to decrease the initiation weight required to telescope the shock? Haven't telescoping forks have been advanced by this system, rather than displaced?
Does the lowered initiation weight come at the expense of absorbing bigger hits? It's definitely something I'd like to ride. In fact, this sounds like a great new option for a Paris-Roubaix bike. Or a high zoot XC bike. Not sure about the 50hr vs 250hr service claim; I have a 1999 Marzocchi Z1 with at least 8,000 miles on it that still functions great and has never been serviced.
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11-01-2018, 04:26 PM
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Who is Dave Weagle?
PS I have no interest in this fork, I just wanna know who he is. 
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11-01-2018, 06:07 PM
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11-01-2018, 06:31 PM
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11-01-2018, 06:35 PM
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Having been a long time Girvin rider this caught my eye. I'm very open to non-telescoping fork systems and don't need super long travel where and how I ride.
They sorta lost me when I saw it weighed more than my bog-standard Reba. This thing would need to do something earth shifting by way of traction and feel to have any reason to sell.
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