I was waiting for Chris to get his bike from River Market Cyclery when I saw this Cannondale Scalpel. It only has one side on its fork. That, my friends, is even stranger than strange.
Billy, the shop owner, says it rides just like a normal cross country mountain bike. He did an almost-century ride on a 29er with a similar fork (and hybrid tires)
And now for some other random pics from the past few days of awesome-weather commuting, in no particular order. It doesn't feel like mid-March to me. I've been eating it up!
Riding with Karen.
Following Chris
Stopped behind/under some crazy truck. GRAAAAAAWWWRRR!
Pre-dawn
Off-roading my road bike.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Stranger than strange.
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Fashion tip: wear your shades over your helmet straps.
http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races08/lbl08/preview-schleck.jpg
That's only so you can see the corporate logos and whatnot. Not a big deal with my $4 tinted uvex safety glasses. Wearing them in the strap keeps them on.
Also, no amount of fashion help with my shades could save me from the other fashion faux pas I made that day:
* Mountain bike shoes
* Black sweat socks
* Cargo shorts
* Wal-Mart running shirt (not a cycling jersey)
* Helmet mirror
I'm a completely hopeless case for fashion. I'll stick to utility :P
Also, I think I broke almost every single road bike photography rule with my "Pre-Dawn" photo. Oops.
Yeah for random pics!
Steven
IN
I'm pretty sure Cannondale has been using their Lefty forks for at least a half dozen or more years. :)
I was pretty taken aback when I first saw one as well.
pedalGR is right. The scalpel has been around a long time. Jinker Juarez has been riding one for years.
My friend Ted at work was an avid MTBr before he had some back problems. He loved his C-Dale with the lefty fork. He has some esoteric explanation as to why it's great, but it just looks WRONG...
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