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CoolCmsc Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
8/15/2025 3:21pm Massive props: fantastic! Cant wait for the video (the previous ones wete great!). You deserve to get some help to cover costs and time. Seeing you keep at this development is inspiring 👏🙏🫡
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laurencesmith Liked a reply to forum topic Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
8/15/2025 3:19pm
Reducing weight is always an interest :-)....especially in an inovation that adds weight....Topology etc is certainly a way forward....something to think about.
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laurencesmith Liked a reply to forum topic Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
8/15/2025 3:19pm
160mm travel conversion done....The 160mm travel fork with the 55mm travel link will give almost the same axle to crown height of the stock bike which is 609mm..... versus 606mm for the dual suspension combo.....interestingly I plan also to experiment with the full 200mm travel fork but using the 27.5 FOX40 lowers and a 27.5 front wheel as shown in the pic....this combo will give a axle to crown height of 625mm but with the 19mm ish smaller wheel radius etc.... and so conserve the bikes overall geometry but with 255mm total travel and see what that has to offer.
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laurencesmith Liked a reply to forum topic Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
8/15/2025 3:19pm
This does have adjustable trail which I will go into the details later on......it also has adjustable wheelpath for the link suspension...and it has two positions of wheel travel and wheel rate...does anybody know how that can be done?
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
8/15/2025 3:19pm
Wild. Excited to hear how the dual crown version rides. Does this one also have adjustable trail like the last single crown version (v2)?
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8/15/2025 3:19pm
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jonkranked Liked a reply to forum topic Thoughts on the current generation of forks
10/18/2024 5:27am
https://www.instagram.com/diazsuspensiondesign/ here's one:
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CoolCmsc Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
10/27/2023 5:36am Now then, that’s a very good idea! Genuinely looking forward to seeing those comparisons. It won’t be perfect, but will definitely offer valuable cross reference to your expectations that, without a dynamic static test rig for both together (or a dynamic CAD system to visualise theory) currently requires your intuition (which is excellent in my view btw 😊).
CoolCmsc Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
10/26/2023 2:10pm The brain is a powerful organ! Get enough sleep and you’ll be fine 😊 I mentioned in case somebody with access to the necessary dynamic software spots the topic and, just maybe, offers you a bit of time with your specs 🤞 Good luck with this project. You really deserve it. And the Enduro set up looks like it’s special...
CoolCmsc Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
10/26/2023 6:16am Thanks for all the info! Do you use dynamic CAD for combined theoretical axle path and so on?
CoolCmsc Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
10/24/2023 6:18am This is the key question about the geo. Looking at the vids on the builders’ YouTube site for a similar, but definitely not identical product for an Enduro style motorbike, you can start to see the complexity of the arc that the front axle will travel. I hope the builder replies to you as this is the best question here...
CoolCmsc Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
10/23/2023 9:12am I love exciting new ideas. In principle, this was used in one of the first Whyte FS bikes, although I recognise this is not using a frame that was geometrically designed to accommodate this (and, of course, the suspension and damping were combined in the Whyte). But, to me, this looks like it might well feel like somehow turning a...
CoolCmsc Added a reply to What happened to neck braces in DH?
10/2/2022 2:22am Allen, you are correct in the main, but we do have the total numbers published in the attached PDF at the quoted URL that are wearing a brace and and those not wearing a brace in the group as a whole. 44.6% of those who had an accident in this study were wearing a brace, the others were not. Of...