Cannondale Lefty Front Fork
The lefty ocho which is available for both 27 5 and 29 wheels is a single crown single sided cross country fork with 100mm of travel that can be had in either carbon fiber or aluminum flavors.
Cannondale lefty front fork. Clint gibbs 152 131 views. Cannondale lefty fork 26 inch front wheel and hydraulic disk brake rotor. This recall is being conducted in cooperation with the u s. The front of bike will look unbalanced until you get used to it.
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The axle works only with cannondale hubs. Its tapered steerer and single crown design make it an easy upgrade for virtually any modern xc bike. Cannondale dealers will inspect the bicycle opi stem and fork for any damage that may have occurred and fit the opi stem steerer system with a reinforcement part and install new lefty clamp bolts. In a market where suspension forks are generally very good and the pricing is coming down why are cannondale still producing the lefty.
The new cannondale topstone carbon lefty is basically the same as the standard topstone carbon but now with a suspension fork and a switch to 650b wheels and tires. Robert mazza 9 599 views. The right choice for any bike if you re serious about xc the lefty ocho will take your performance to a whole new level. If you need to remove the front wheel you need to remove the brake caliper also.
You can replace the tire without removing the wheel. 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. All you need is a compatible front wheel and an appetite for speed. We sat down with jeremiah boobar from cannondale to get the lowdown on the strangest fork in the mountain biking market.
It may look weird to the uninitiated but those who have used it often rave about its performance. The ocho is the eighth iteration of the cannondale lefty in a cross country guise and alongside many internal updates has made a move from a dual crown design to a single crown giving the fork. The heaviest lefty is still lighter than lightest carbon 2 legged.