Headtube suspension is great. My Cannondale XS800 cx/road bike with about 30mm of front travel is still going strong after over 20 years. It eats up bumps on crap roads. My only concerns are getting it serviced and finding parts.
It looks like the steerer is a tapered 1.5 to 1 1/8 width. This is a great improvement over the cannondale fatty forks as these will fit in most frames. Have any of these come on the market yet, they would be an awesome gravel bike fork 👌
My Can o Ale Headshok is STILL working after 10 years. I had one damper replacement under the warranty and one service on that a year later. They are great when they work. Think of one with carbon elements, it could be under 1000 grams.
From Scada’s blog “The best suspension solution, though, is a ‘headshok’-type as it were, not a traditional-weighty-twin stanchion mtb fork, with a coil spring on one side and fluid damper on the other.” www.scadatw.com/gravel-bike-suspension-fork/#testingprocedure
These guys are absolutely paying Cannondale royalties for this tech; they even use the word "Headshok". Lefty still uses this amazing tech. And you can still get Headshok forks, bet CDale still make 'em even.
@@robertrodriguez8082 Eighty-Aid in Germany/Europe do the most world class race quality Headshok service and tuning if you've got the dough, but there are some adequate shops stateside that could service the old p-bone!
This is how not to copy a Cannondale Headshok!! Zero thought to damping or outer races!! Really bad effort and not uniqe in any way, this is a terrible copy of a Headshok!!
Headtube suspension is great. My Cannondale XS800 cx/road bike with about 30mm of front travel is still going strong after over 20 years. It eats up bumps on crap roads.
My only concerns are getting it serviced and finding parts.
It looks like the steerer is a tapered 1.5 to 1 1/8 width. This is a great improvement over the cannondale fatty forks as these will fit in most frames. Have any of these come on the market yet, they would be an awesome gravel bike fork 👌
My Can o Ale Headshok is STILL working after 10 years. I had one damper replacement under the warranty and one service on that a year later. They are great when they work. Think of one with carbon elements, it could be under 1000 grams.
I watched the video again, you keep saying shock (damper) but I can't see one
Neither do I. Cnndl even at Fatty (back in the 90s) had an elastomer using a spring alone is ridiculous.
Nice
Where can I buy this?
Isn´t "Headshock" a trademark by Cannondale and isn´t the needle bearing mechanism patented by them? Just a question out of couriosity.
I think this patent is over long ago.
From Scada’s blog “The best suspension solution, though, is a ‘headshok’-type as it were, not a traditional-weighty-twin stanchion mtb fork, with a coil spring on one side and fluid damper on the other.”
www.scadatw.com/gravel-bike-suspension-fork/#testingprocedure
can no do did it first and better in the late 80's! With a damper and only 1 special tool. Also, air springs in cannon dale are better than springs.
where can i buy your fork
These guys are absolutely paying Cannondale royalties for this tech; they even use the word "Headshok". Lefty still uses this amazing tech. And you can still get Headshok forks, bet CDale still make 'em even.
Patents do expire...after 20 yrs. Then it's for for all
Speaking of cannondale... who cares.
Where can I get one of these scada forks sent to the states??
4:16 - 500 Nm of pressure? Engineering illiteracy...
Unique? Cannondale created.this over 25 years ago!!! I just serviced a bike with one!
Total false advertising.
Hey bro I'm looking for information concerning the headshok p bone you service them??
@@robertrodriguez8082 Eighty-Aid in Germany/Europe do the most world class race quality Headshok service and tuning if you've got the dough, but there are some adequate shops stateside that could service the old p-bone!
cannondale headshock =\
But without damping, just spring, I'd better go with a cromoly fork, weights less and does the job better.
This is how not to copy a Cannondale Headshok!! Zero thought to damping or outer races!! Really bad effort and not uniqe in any way, this is a terrible copy of a Headshok!!