Are Cannondale Lefty Forks Good
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Are cannondale lefty forks good. We sat down with jeremiah boobar from cannondale to get the lowdown on the strangest fork in the mountain biking market. O yea the new avid elixir cr with 203mm s are perfect for me at 220lbs. It may look weird to the uninitiated but those who have used it often rave about its performance. I thought these were the forks to have.
The right choice for any bike if you re serious about xc the lefty ocho will take your performance to a whole new level. I was under the impression they are really good. The lefty supermax is the latest incarnation of the cannondale lefty fork and it features 160mm of travel and is on their top flight jekyll carbon 1 photo cannondale csg fj. I am conciderring purchasing the project 321 package.
My own experience of actually using a lefty is that it s a bloody good fork and is lighter than my reba which is also a bloody good fork. If you stop to get the lefty in a best it can be working order it is really a good front end. Its tapered steerer and single crown design make it an easy upgrade for virtually any modern xc bike. The cannondale rush 5 2007 is a good bike.
The new lefty is here and it s unlike anything that s come before it. I see alot of cannondale lefty forks for sale. All you need is a compatible front wheel and an appetite for speed. The cannondale lefty fork has long been an enigma in mountain biking.
My experience with lefty goes back to 2000 when i purchased my cannondale super v. Posted 8 years ago. The lefty ocho which is available for both 27 5 and 29 wheels is a single crown single sided cross country fork with. The lefty imo is better though.
As mentioned above by another post the center of balance is altered. Sure i could get more power but for xc i think they are good to go for me.