If someone is in the market for a Santa Cruz or Yeti, they might also consider a Cannondale. Like I said before we occupy a unique space in the bike market of being a fairly big brand nowadays, but we still have the kudos and prestige held by smaller speciality brands. The two go hand in hand, a typical Cannondale customer is very similar to a typical Cannondale employee, passionate, they want the highest level of performance and donвЂ™t mind being a вЂbit differentвЂ™ to the norm. But at the upper level we still know that a Lefty equipped bike performs better and that is why we continue.Дo you think Cannondale customers buy in to specific technology вЂ“ like the Lefty вЂ“ or do you think they buy in to the brand? It would be a much easier path to whack on a Pike or 34, and at lower price points we do. People often comment at demo events that they can feel the fork dive a bit in turns, thatвЂ™s because the fork is still working under side load and not binding on itself, which is typical of telescoping assemblies. 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/CSGДЇJ: In a market where suspension forks are generally very good and the pricing is coming down вЂ“ why are Cannondale still producing the Lefty?Д¬G: Because itвЂ™s still offers performance advantages. I donвЂ™t think any other brand can claim that!ДЄt events we do get the usual questions, but we just get people riding themВ and then it all makes senseвЂќ On the outside itвЂ™s hard to see what stops the fork from twisting but in all these years, weвЂ™ve never had a fork leg break. вЂњSome people still have trouble getting their heads around the Cannondale LeftyВ because they canвЂ™t see that inside itвЂ™s a square leg in a square hole, rolling on four sheets of needle roller bearings. The idea for Lefty was born and they wasted no time.Д«rian Lopes won the slalom at Sea Otter that year on a Lefty, so it launched with a bang! They chopped the lower in half and botchedВ on a bolt through hub to the sprung leg, then rode it around the parking lot. вЂњIn 1999, wordВ has it that some of the mechanicsВ were messing around with a MotoFR to prove how stiff it was. This fork led to вЂteam onlyвЂ™ versions with 150mm featured on the radical Cannondale DHF (Downhill Fulcrum) piloted by the likes of Missy GioveвЂќ They are still quite sought after for tandem use as they perform really well under load of two riders. It was so tough that there are still many of them out there today.

It was bombproof but weighed a bloody tonne! вЂњThe Moto FR (Freeride) fork was introduced in 1998 which was essentially two HeadshokвЂ™s вЂ“ one each side, offering 100mm travel. Later the internals were worked in to the Moto FRВ fork.

It featured the Moto 120 fork which was very plush. Cannondale have had a lot of вЂfirstsвЂ™ over the years вЂ“ including the Super V 4000, which was the first production downhill bike on the market.

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