Return of the Lefty
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I heard that you were stirrin' up trouble with some wacked out bike builds so thought I'd join in... but it's gonna take a lot of work.shiggy said:
Yeah - that's the huckin' Merlin. If this new project works out I'm going to end up having a Lefty on the Duo as well as one of my 29"ers.DDawg said:
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The top piece is a reducing ring, but the lower is part of the steerer tube. I'm having custom steerer tubes made by a local machinist.shiggy said:
Heheh. That's pretty good. I could always use custom decals. I'll have to contact you when I get off my arse and think of something worthy of a decal.shiggy said:
Drawing up clamps is too difficult for my feeble computer skills, but if someone had the design I could easily shop it around "da hood". Fortunately, Huntington Beach seems to be a haven for machine shops.donkekus said:Very nice...
Keep us posted on the build...
Wonder how much it would cost to get clamps made that were 1.125"...
Here's the tube tightly pressed into a Lefty DLR lower clamp (a King crown race mounted but not visible).
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Lefty on my DISS
I've been running a Lefty on my Bianchi DISS for about six months. I modified a Lefty, very similar in the way that you did yours.
I really like the Lefty on my bike, I tried a couple of other forks, but the Lefty seems to be a perfect match for my bike.
The only concern that I have is that Im sure my frame (and most others) are not built to accept doule crown forks, but so far, so good.
I'll post a photo of my bike soon.
I've been running a Lefty on my Bianchi DISS for about six months. I modified a Lefty, very similar in the way that you did yours.
I really like the Lefty on my bike, I tried a couple of other forks, but the Lefty seems to be a perfect match for my bike.
The only concern that I have is that Im sure my frame (and most others) are not built to accept doule crown forks, but so far, so good.
I'll post a photo of my bike soon.
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Yeah - post a shot of your bike when you get a chance as I'd love to see it. I know a few others on these forums have also done similar mods to retrofit a Lefty onto standard 1 1/8" head tubes and that's where I've drawn my inspiration from.1SPEEDDRIVE said:
As for your concern over the double crown, I'm also wondering about that. I tend to ride aggressively so any weaknesses will surface before long. IMHO, the Lefty is one of the best-tracking forks made so it's worth going through the effort to get it on more of my bikes.
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nice!
i am still rockin' the headshok on my merlin SS. love it for the low weight and tracks sooo well. a lefty would be nice, but the carbon leftys are not cheap. i have ridden one on a rented bike on vacation and it did ride soooo nicely.
great to see you posting again with the interesting creative bike builds!
maybe see those clamps in the flesh at SSWC05?
i am still rockin' the headshok on my merlin SS. love it for the low weight and tracks sooo well. a lefty would be nice, but the carbon leftys are not cheap. i have ridden one on a rented bike on vacation and it did ride soooo nicely.
great to see you posting again with the interesting creative bike builds!
maybe see those clamps in the flesh at SSWC05?
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