Wed Dec 4 20:04:14 1996 - Message No. 248
From: Michael Dipper

Subject: Re: front fork, oil, air...


Hi Martin,

Martin Franz wrote:

>>And think about that the indive of the front fork is also necessary to
>>bring more weight on the front tyre during breaking, allowing quicker
>>braking without blocking the front wheel.

>The weight comes to the front tire alone (through the "dynamic weight >shift"). The front fork should "idealy" not dive at all (see AntiDive >Systems at various street bikes).

Hmmm, seems that Martin has always the better argumentations in physical
discussions (are you an expert ?)  :-))))

In deed the pressure to the ground has to be the same with or without an
indive of the front fork. But how can you explain, that I nearly went
down because of a blocking front wheel, only 50m after I had put some
air in the front fork (dry ground, best conditions) ?
Is it only because of the more "direct" operation of the brake while you
have additional time to release a bit of brake power when your fork is
diving? 

--- Micha ---




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