Or am I seeing things?
Emmeline Ragot's Mondraker had a steering damper in 2012?
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Or am I seeing things?
that's a 3 year old picture.
well it was on the damned pinked bike site
interdasting
anyone use it now a days?
anyone use it now a days?
i bet she even used air in her tyres.
I've wondered if these will start to come into play as courses/rider get faster. I have one, though I've never used it, and I've wondered if you could go for a steeper head angle (for the woods) but still have high speed stability, or keep a slacker HA that goes up without wandering (on a trenduro bike).
I think a steering damper would help a lot of women riders, especially novices, due to body type differences vs men.
We may laugh at how 2002 a Hopey is, but I haven't ridden zero offset bike, nor do I ride as fast as Ragot. I am gonna say that because of her size she's gonna have less leverage to work with than I do at 6'; on the flip side she's probably stronger
We may laugh at how 2002 a Hopey is, but I haven't ridden zero offset bike, nor do I ride as fast as Ragot. I am gonna say that because of her size she's gonna have less leverage to work with than I do at 6'; on the flip side she's probably stronger
there was a time when steering dampeners where the rage , there was several manufactures producing them and tons of riders using them . like all other trends and fads weather they work or not they disappear and are reborn .
who else made one besides Hopey?
I tried one of those Hopey dampers a couple years ago just for the hell of it, since I love the Scott's damper on my dirt bikes.
I took it off almost immediately. Not only was the headset tightening mechanism retarded, but it didn't even stay tight for more than the length of my driveway. Additionally, you had to have the damper almost completely locked out to have any real effect in sections that would actually take the bars out of your hands (sand, off camber hits, etc) and the adjuster knob wouldn't even stay in one place.
Nice idea, terrible execution. Still looking forward to seeing a legitimate one.
I took it off almost immediately. Not only was the headset tightening mechanism retarded, but it didn't even stay tight for more than the length of my driveway. Additionally, you had to have the damper almost completely locked out to have any real effect in sections that would actually take the bars out of your hands (sand, off camber hits, etc) and the adjuster knob wouldn't even stay in one place.
Nice idea, terrible execution. Still looking forward to seeing a legitimate one.
off the top of my head i can,t truthfully remember , there was lots of little start-up companys getting into the new downhill scene when long travel triple clamps , and 6"+ travel bikes became the standard . i do remember there was several variations from several companys when they 1st started coming out .
I don't get it... how or what does it help? I've never gotten headshake or a tank slapper on my mountain bike, haven't really heard of it either...
tankslapper...bwahahahaha.
sounds naughty.
or poop-related.
sounds naughty.
or poop-related.
It can definitely involve poop
I can't tell if what PSP said is oddly accurate and somehow helpful, or if it's just the PCP talking.
Blame the goats and move on.
...God, I forgot how much I love this place. =)
looks like misty glove used to run one, and win with one: http://dirtragmag.com/hopey-steering-damper/
maybe she just filled it with pot and dead fish though.
maybe she just filled it with pot and dead fish though.
forward geo... no care.
I've run one on every bike I've built since 2002.
They're friggin awesome in the rough stuff (which is all we have here)and keep the bike from getting twitchy and let's you focus on your line instead of your wheel shaking side to side.
It's a severely underutilized piece of technology.
Let the flaming proceed
They're friggin awesome in the rough stuff (which is all we have here)and keep the bike from getting twitchy and let's you focus on your line instead of your wheel shaking side to side.
It's a severely underutilized piece of technology.
Let the flaming proceed
Get back to me when they come out with shimmed steering dampers.
Shimz? Pretty sure on a steering damper a faster input meets a geometrically higher resistance. Unless my sarcasm understander is broken, an oil port is great for that, except for fitting the curve.
Scotts dampers have a little paddle that goes back and forth inside swishing the oil through a bypass circuit. When the velocity is high enough the circuit can't flow anymore oil and the paddle, connected to your hand controls, has to work harder. I'd think on a mountain bike you would only want to damp super fast (bars ripping out of your hands) inputs, and everything slower than that turn freely. That's a steep knee late in the curve.
Scotts dampers have a little paddle that goes back and forth inside swishing the oil through a bypass circuit. When the velocity is high enough the circuit can't flow anymore oil and the paddle, connected to your hand controls, has to work harder. I'd think on a mountain bike you would only want to damp super fast (bars ripping out of your hands) inputs, and everything slower than that turn freely. That's a steep knee late in the curve.
perhaps you were confused and thought you were over on emptybeer?