Dave Mills <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:An engineering team here is considering building a suspension system for
a solar powered car using mountain bike forks. Any recomendations on
what might be good choices to support approx. 180 lbs per shock? Would
only need to handle potholes in a road surface, but would be at max.
speed of 70mph and using high pressure tires. Good adjustablity,
damping, etc would be improtant, low weight also desirable.
At that weight per fork, you'll be wanting something designed for
tandems. There are a few suitable models around, but they tend to be
at the heavy and expensive end of the market. Other posters have
pointed out a few other possible drawbacks, but if you want to pursue
it further then you could do worse than have a look at
www.mtbtandems.com and tell Alex I sent you.
James