Vincent, On your avatar, who is the man kissing you?
F: Frame Rear seat stays friction
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I would not say Paul was wrong, Just the looks !, But I have been known to do some strange things to Vin's.
Cheers Bill.
Morning Vincent, Any chance of selling us a set, Or do they have to be done to each seat stay. Cheers Bill.
It was that worry and the post last month showing the snapped front seat stays that prompted me to add the right angled stays to my seat support see picture above #16 (the connection to the front suspension bolt is made with a spherical union eye bolt as the tube comes in at an angle )with that fitted plus the new front fork geometry, avon dampers (coil over rear) and a 'big seat' that is 4" longer (from the spares company)it should make for a comfortable ride for TBPPINW (for those who remember moose brained Smith)
Those pot holes are set to get bigger- be prepared!
Doesn't look like you know the mod I was referring to. It used struts like the originals but the long shank section had what appears to be like a small shock absorber or inner and outer tubular sleeves like the rear spring boxes only way smaller and perhaps with a stiff spring on the inside. Like small suspension units to absorb some of the downward force. There was a Shadow for sale here in Aussie recently that had a pair of them on the rear.
I was showing you what Peter said No' 23, I know the mod you say, The Late Pat Cole from Portsmouth had them for as long as I can remember, A big lump of a thing, I was going to do the same, But lost my way !!, As I do !. Cheers Bill.
Gregg, I am familiar with them, I think they originated in the USA, I would imagine that like most undamped springs they will absorb some or most of the initial shock, albeit a little bouncy thereafter, they looked a bit like the sort of spring units you get in washing machines to support the drum.
2009 Liphook, I think this was Pat's, Don't look the same as what David has shown ?. Cheers Bill