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laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
2/6/2026 4:54pm Heres something unique I have been working on lately. Probably a first for the front of a MTB....two position spring rate and travel at the push of a lever. The dual suspension is working beautifuly and is sooo compliant and sooo good in rock gardens etc.....there has been one issue tho. Because its soo compliant with 235mm of front travel...
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laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
1/3/2026 5:47pm Heres a Vid of the suspension in action...this something I have been meaning to get done for a few months now but have been so busy with experimenting with a number of different front suspension configurations with 27.5 and 29 front wheels, fork travels of 160mm 180mm and 200mm giving total travels of 215mm 235mm and 255mm and their associated...
Downamics Liked a reply to forum topic Suspension Data Acquisition
11/26/2025 12:42pm Thanks so much for sharing @carlinojoevideo Anyone wishing to place a preorder can do so at www.datadrivendescents.com
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laurencesmith Added a reply to Suspension Data Acquisition
11/25/2025 6:58pm Thats def a must have book...
carlinojoevideo Liked a reply to forum topic Suspension Data Acquisition
11/25/2025 6:57pm Adding this from @Downamics Looks like this book will be a giant unlock for anyone looking to learn more about data acquisition
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laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
11/17/2025 1:00pm !80mm travel for the fork and 55mm travel for the link so a total travel of 235mm....but its not 235mm of linear travel....the 55mm of the Link suspension is a second different wheelpath to the Telefork...this addition of the extra wheelpath is what allows this sytem to standout from just a conventional Telefork or any other Link system we have...
laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
11/14/2025 12:20pm That is a very "brash" statement young man.... :-)
laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
11/13/2025 10:44am You would be pleasantly suprised at how it works......:-)
f.i.t.nj Liked a reply to forum topic Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
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laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
11/12/2025 9:35pm Heres a quick Video on the dual suspension on the Zerode G3 being pushed through its respective travels…..180mm of the Fox40 and 55mm of the Link suspension….. I plan on doing a few vids of the suspension working in on trail action…videoing is not one of my better skill sets so its taking awhile to sort out….
laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
10/24/2025 5:59pm Testing is ongoing....having a ball...such good fun...the Kenevo is currently running the Fox40 27.5 wheel in the full 200mm travel with a Vorsprung smashpot coil conversion which is superbly smooth and buttery...this along with the link secondary suspension gives 255mm of next level overall compliance and capability....soooo confidence inspiring and good fun. Data collection is a V3 Pro BYB telemetry...
laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
9/10/2025 3:34pm Thanks Buddy...this is 2 yrs work so far and overall 8 yrs investigating the concept of a dual front suspension system in other disciplines....been a great learning experience....not done yet :-)
laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
9/9/2025 11:35pm Not yet…..just going through the motions of familiarising myself with it and sorting out the setup and making sure it’s fit for purpose…the Data collection is next up.
laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
9/9/2025 3:59pm So been out riding the Kenevo with my dual front suspension system now for over a week now and very very happy with it....alot of fun. Been just trail riding it taking the time to get to know the personality of the system...so no big jumps or challenging gravity riding yet. Zero problems with it so far and been out...
PUSH Industries Liked a reply to forum topic Modern Inverted Single Crown Forks
9/4/2025 2:46pm My responses are out of concern for a rider who spent what I consider to be a large amount of money with my company, and not being happy with the results. That's not acceptable to me. It doesn't matter where the customer bought our product; I only ask as it helps with context. In the case of my first post, the rider was trying someone else's fork, so there's no more than I could offer. In regard to the post that you linked...something about the original fork that Skunk Works received just seemed off, and we wanted a longer look...
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laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
9/3/2025 4:06pm Just completed putting the second Smithage system on my Kenevo comp....this runs a Fox40 with the 27.5 lowers at 160mm travel with a 27.5 front wheel in keeping with the bikes original wheel sizes.... The bikes original 180mm fork and axle to crown / fork length of 572mm is now 587mm with 160mm fork and 55mm Link travel for 215mm...
TheKaiser Liked a reply to forum topic Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
8/23/2025 6:23pm Wow, you are really doing it right...No corners cut here! That is interesting that your thought is that a shock with more of a compression damping platform is advantageous to control the linkage. Intuitively, I tend to think of links as being more supple, due to decreased bushing bind, so I would have thought maximizing that strong suit by keeping the linkage moving freely with minimal damping, and a more heavily damped telescope would be better. On further reflection, though, I am now realizing that you do probably need to spring/damp the linkage more, as that's only supplying about 20%...
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laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
8/23/2025 6:17pm Ah see you are starting to think out of the box…good to see….once you start doing that all kinds of possibilities start appearing….its then just a matter of sorting out what combination works best for a given situation. This is basically two suspensions in series…the challenge lays in working out how to design and configure them so they work in...
carlinojoevideo Liked a reply to forum topic Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
8/23/2025 4:41am
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laurencesmith Added a reply to Smithage Hybrid Girderfork/Telefork dual suspension
8/22/2025 8:58pm Presently tinkering with the starting baseline setup for the dual suspension. I am using a Ohlins TXC2 Air shock which is ideal in size and configuration to be packaged in a very compact way within the linkage and against the bikes steering head....keeping steering inertia about the steering axis to a minimum was a key design goal as I learnt...