cyclingday
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I theory, the Double Duty fork was supposed to be stronger than the regular single crown truss rod fork.
But, unfortunately, they actually proved to be weaker due to the high stress riser that occurred just below the fork crown. Couple this with the bending load produced by the Fore Wheel Brake, and you had a recipe for disaster.
The forks didn't work out well so the production run was short, thus today, they are very rare. For many years, they existed in myth only because the only place that they ever showed up, was in the old catalogs.
When guys did start turning them up, they were almost always bent. The only true ones to be found were the girls versions.
Unfortunately, to use the girls model on a boys frame, it had to be cut down because of the taller head tube on the girls frame.
This rarely came out well, and most of those looked like a poor butcher job at best.
A dead straight locking boys Double Duty fork in original paint is without a doubt one of the rarest parts you'll find.
There was an original factory primer non locker on e-bay a couple of years ago, and a concerned observer threatened to report the seller for the exhorbitant price he had listed it at. As it turned out, that price wasn't so exhorbitant, because the fork sold with a buy it now in about thirty seconds.
But, unfortunately, they actually proved to be weaker due to the high stress riser that occurred just below the fork crown. Couple this with the bending load produced by the Fore Wheel Brake, and you had a recipe for disaster.
The forks didn't work out well so the production run was short, thus today, they are very rare. For many years, they existed in myth only because the only place that they ever showed up, was in the old catalogs.
When guys did start turning them up, they were almost always bent. The only true ones to be found were the girls versions.
Unfortunately, to use the girls model on a boys frame, it had to be cut down because of the taller head tube on the girls frame.
This rarely came out well, and most of those looked like a poor butcher job at best.
A dead straight locking boys Double Duty fork in original paint is without a doubt one of the rarest parts you'll find.
There was an original factory primer non locker on e-bay a couple of years ago, and a concerned observer threatened to report the seller for the exhorbitant price he had listed it at. As it turned out, that price wasn't so exhorbitant, because the fork sold with a buy it now in about thirty seconds.
