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Quoted message said:Shaun Rimmer said:Sorni <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"]news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:PS: Don't see how a brake booster can help with fork flex while using
disc
Quoted message said:brakes, Shaun, but let us know if it does!
Well, in theory, the fork legs are 'twisting' around on the axis created
by
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:where the arch joins them. A thought a booster may help stop them from twisting, and if you look
at where it mounts, you'll maybe see why I
thought
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:this.
As previously mentioned, you'd see more benefit from tightening the lower end of the legs at the
axle as this is the point that sees most deflection.
Aye - you ain't seen hoiw hard I crank down my damned QR's - short of a fat bolt through, there's no
way of getting it stiffer.
Quoted message said:Added to which, a brake booster is supposed to prevent outward flex, not twisting.
I know. That is obvious. I picked one up though - they don't twist much at all.
Quoted message said:That's not to say that extra metal there won't help, but there wasn't enough of an advantage that
Marzocchi thought to add extra material to the bridge.
Weight. Their forks weigh enough anyhow.
Quoted message said:On a Judy, it may well make an appreciable difference, but I would imagine that installing it on
an already stiff fork will give you reduced returns.
Maybe.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Anyhow, it has been suggested to me by someone I know that it does help,
and
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:enough to make it worth while (mentioned in reply to Clydesdale).
Give it a crack and then report back here. My theories are mere conjecture, so some real world
experience would be good. Just make sure you don't fall in to the placebo trap 🙂
Indeed! Like I said, the flex is obvious enough, so, if I gain any 'stiffness', should be easy
enough for me to see it.
I'll be sure to let you know if it works, or not - either way, should I end up trying it.
Cheers!
Shaun aRe