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Peter Clinch wrote:
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>
> You effectively have, thanks to the air in the elastomer within the Meks
> fork. See
> http://www.hpvelotechnik.com/produkte/federgabeln/federsystem_e.html
What I don't understand is how one side has the spring while the other
side (the right one, if you're sitting in [that's right, "in"] the
bike) has the air dampening. So that means that only the left side is
absorbing any road shock!
> I would suggest your front wheel needs tightening in the dropouts in
> this case, rather than you need a different set of forks With a
> reasonably rigid link between wheel and forks it shouldn't go out of
> alignment just because you hit a bump.
I didn't think so -- thanks for the suggestion, it never occured to me
that maybe my quick-release axle (or whatever that thinggy is called)
is at fault!
> I guess a contract with HP Velotechnik and a viable business plan. I
> don't know about the contract, but I think the viable business plan will
> come first and would be tricky as the market is very small and you'll
> need to provide specialist backup. At the moment you have someone else
> shorten chains for you, so you'll need to hire a full time mechanic
> which makes your wage bill double what most small bike shops have to pay
> out. Also your up-front cost on demonstrator bikes will be high, even
> at cost.
Hehe...my up-front demonstrator bike would be my own -- but you're
right about my mechanical ineptitude, as well as lack of business
acumen! Still, I was only wondering about "kick-backs" to the company
and so forth....
> Pete.
> --
> Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
> Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
> Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
> net [email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
>
>
> You effectively have, thanks to the air in the elastomer within the Meks
> fork. See
> http://www.hpvelotechnik.com/produkte/federgabeln/federsystem_e.html
What I don't understand is how one side has the spring while the other
side (the right one, if you're sitting in [that's right, "in"] the
bike) has the air dampening. So that means that only the left side is
absorbing any road shock!
> I would suggest your front wheel needs tightening in the dropouts in
> this case, rather than you need a different set of forks With a
> reasonably rigid link between wheel and forks it shouldn't go out of
> alignment just because you hit a bump.
I didn't think so -- thanks for the suggestion, it never occured to me
that maybe my quick-release axle (or whatever that thinggy is called)
is at fault!
> I guess a contract with HP Velotechnik and a viable business plan. I
> don't know about the contract, but I think the viable business plan will
> come first and would be tricky as the market is very small and you'll
> need to provide specialist backup. At the moment you have someone else
> shorten chains for you, so you'll need to hire a full time mechanic
> which makes your wage bill double what most small bike shops have to pay
> out. Also your up-front cost on demonstrator bikes will be high, even
> at cost.
Hehe...my up-front demonstrator bike would be my own -- but you're
right about my mechanical ineptitude, as well as lack of business
acumen! Still, I was only wondering about "kick-backs" to the company
and so forth....
> Pete.
> --
> Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
> Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
> Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
> net [email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
