the unofficially cool MTB drop bar thread

[The History Man]

Has anyone done full suspension with drops?

 

[legrandefromage]

Not yet but my Zaskar is missing it's drops from a previous build up

 

[miliu]

Has anyone done full suspension with drops?

Me.
You can see it at the previous page

 

[The History Man]

Has anyone done full suspension with drops?

Me.
You can see it at the previous page

Has anyone done full suspension, that works, with drops?

 

[BerthaPog]

Has anyone done full suspension with drops?

Me.
You can see it at the previous page

Has anyone done full suspension, that works, with drops?

Don't know whether they worked, but google image search doesn't pull up much, a few Bianchis, a Moulton Space Frame (though that had suspension to compensate for the small wheel size), and a frankly lush Boulder: http://sellwoodcycle.com/blogs/blog/107 ... ad-machine which looks like it has less than an inch of travel at each end.

Based on my experiences - front suspension - too scary on downhill braking (weight transfer) if you have much travel, if you have little travel, you end up with a very heavy fork that doesn't work as well as a decent "rigid" one.

As for the rear, frankly if you want the "comfort" a suspension seat post would give the same benefits with far less weight/faff.

All that being said, if you've got all the parts lying around, go for it, we won't make progress if we keep saying it can't be done.

 

[secret_squirrel]

Re:

That gives me an idea - Cannondale Super-v with drops would look bonkers.

More sensibly something like an amp B3 with matching fork could work well with drops - still nice and rigid in all the right places. Hmm and I have a spare b3 frame in the shed....

 

[Woz]

Interesting Boulder that - a road bike with a bit of suspension. Good to smooth out cobbles perhaps...but
more serious off-road in the wet it looks like it would take too much of a beating.

 

[Caneco]

Hi! just found that thread!

Here is my Cannondale M700, campagnolo Icarus groupset with Athena Carbon Ergopower shifters. I know, the stem is too long, but can't find one 1 1/4 shorter

 

[mrkawasaki]

Props for the Campagnolo stuff.

I have shorter stems that can work for you - viewtopic.php?f=2&t=305694

Can't tell if you need quill or Ahead. Either way, the Profile and the Killer V stems came off Dales.

 

[Caneco]

I have seen it before, but I need quill and no more than 80-90 mm 1 1/4.

PD: Pleased to hear from you, whats about Litespeed?