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| MOUNTAIN BIKE PAGE |
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| Here is what I'm on currently.(Created in 1995. Now obsolete) |
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| It is an el-cheapo simple-is-best type of thingy. The picture was taken in an excursion to the mountains near Kyoto city (in Japan). You can see it was a little cold! The bike actually is stabbed into the snow, and even though the stand is extended, it is not supporting anything... |
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| I have bought a front fork suspension system for my bike. This one is not the usual dual-shock-absorbers- in-the-front-fork setup. It replaces the part that holds the handlebar, and lets it move up and down. Does not have an oil damper, just a spring with preset tension and an O-ring damper, but is lighter than conventional fork setup, and cheap; mine cost me US$36... |
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| I have been using it for some time now. I never tried the fork suspension, so I cannot compare the two systems. |
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| This is what it looks like |
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| The unit is the purple thingy between the handlebar and the frame. Quite easy to put on once you can remove the rubber grips on the handlebar! |
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| Its resilliance can be adjusted, as well as the angle that it makes with the frame. |
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| One thing I don't like is that it is not a parallel linkage. That means, when you push it down, the handlebar rotates as it moves. Better models have parallel linkage, but cost around US$350!!! |
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| I have done some color adjustments on this photo to improve contrast (histogram equalization), and it did no good to the color quality... |
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