Can I suggest that whenever adding a fork brace you support the front
of the bike and pull the fork springs out, make sure the forks stroke
though their travel with no additional stiction. Check with the brace
off and then put it on and compare the difference. You may need to
loosen the triple clamps and/or axle to get things to work smoothly.
Sometimes you never can get it right? I know this from (past) years
of riding/racing bikes that absolutly had to have braces, installed
my share of them. If the happy Trails guys did not include this in
the instructions they should. Thanks for the product report, I may
get one myself although I am considering thicker wall upper tubes out
of my box of old Maico parts. cheers All
I installed a Happy-trails fork brace today. The braking test
explained
> above showed greater than an order of magnitude improvement!! The
two or
> three inches of twist at the handle bar end during the hard
braking, is now
> less than a quarter of an inch. The bike feels completely
different [to
> me], and I am eager to get it out on a good ride. I want to feel
how the
> high speed cornering is, and how the bike handles in various off-
road
> conditions.
>
>
>
> Kudos to Happy-trails for an essential [to me] upgrade.
>
>
> Steve Anderson