Can a carbon lefty be made into a full time rigid fork?

[ascarlarkinyar]

i rarely use the suspension on my lefty. i ride it locked out all the time. i have a rigid carbon fork on my SS, but it's a noodle in a bad way. i like the stiffness of the lefty.

can i take out all the suspension guts and make it a rigid. i know there is a germany company making one like this, but it's really expensive. looking to drop weight off it too.

it's the carbon SL set with three spacers.

[Mr Pink57]

I am sure this can be done however I think you could sell the lefty for a real pretty penny and get a custom rigid for built however you want.

[ascarlarkinyar]

I am sure this can be done however I think you could sell the lefty for a real pretty penny and get a custom rigid for built however you want.

other than the "black cat bone"lucy" fork and this italian one, who else would make one?

i already have a regular rigid carbon one. the niner fork i had was too stiff horizontally and too much brake studder.

i like the double crown of the lefty and how it feels. single crown forks don't react like that.

[Dan Gerous]

You want this: Rigid custom Lefty from Experimental Prototype.

[MendonCycleSmith]

Pull down the boot, add a cup or so of nice salty water, close the boot back up, and invert the bike for a few days.

Viola, rigid fork.

Of course, most folks would send such a beast in to have it made squishy, but I know for a fact this will make it solid as a block of concrete.....

[Dan Gerous]

Pull down the boot, add a cup or so of nice salty water, close the boot back up, and invert the bike for a few days.

Viola, rigid fork.

Of course, most folks would send such a beast in to have it made squishy, but I know for a fact this will make it solid as a block of concrete.....

Yep, works. I did this unintentionally with a Headshok (winter riding, lots of salt on the roads, hole in the boot, bike slept on my balcony). it never moved at all for years after, which was fine to me as it was on a bike used for commuting.

[ascarlarkinyar]

You want this: Rigid custom Lefty from Experimental Prototype.

yes this looks nice......but


it's a one off and no brakes. i don't have all that machinery to make my own fork. need to modify a already made lefty

[ascarlarkinyar]

Pull down the boot, add a cup or so of nice salty water, close the boot back up, and invert the bike for a few days.

Viola, rigid fork.

i would like to just empty everything out and and just have the tube.