Sounds like the bearing races wore to the point where the needle bearing plated fell out. I'll bet if you replaced all the bearings and races, you would be back in biz. I would take it to a c'dale dealer who knows what they are doing.
This is awful.I'm gonna have nightmares if my lefty being like this too.But I think the bearing inside must have glided away from it's original pad. D:
Damn I am tempted to change my fork as mine is the ultra fatty headshox. Yup thats the name But my fork is stll good except I have been treating my bike which is a hardtail like a free ride bike ... soon it will give way
Been riding a 2006 Cannodale Rush lefty and the only prob was a bit of play when locked out. I had the oiled changed and problem solved, I currently live in Colorado Springs, I beat the crap out of it and it has been great. I am looking at getting something with a bit more travel in the near future due to the progression of my riding. But over all it is a really good fork. I would of liked to get a Lefty max but I couldn't pass up a 2500 dollar bike for 1100 bones
I heard the 2007 lefty speeds had assembly defects in them and they had the risk of coming apart. I bought a 2006 F800 with a lefty speed DLR 2 I guess I lucked out buying that one in November of 2006 instead of a 2007 model.
Obviously it is newish tech but stuffed after 4 years? Also where it gave way is where I would suspect it would which is very dangerous. Given how much pressure/stress is placed on the front end components of a MTB, I'll stick with the traditional and proven dual fork suspension.
Scalpel is a Cross Country Race bike if you want a Trail Bike go for the new RZ120 or RZ140 Travel I rode a 2009 Rize 130 Carbon and it's fantastic get one fitted with a lefty and you wo'nt regret it
Lefty is a great fork had one on a prophet sl for 2yrs and it's been trashed in all ways never failed me>I sold it to get a Manitou Nixon 145mm travel but I regret it Lefty is better it needs maintenance like everything else
I never said it sucks, and have remained faithful to the Lefty on my Jekyll for four years now. I haven't found anything at that weight that has the stiffness and compliance that the Lefty has.
@FuckTheLawNiggas No. Only suntour sucks ass.
highdeserthater 1 month ago
Pre-historic Lefy!
heavymetalangel1989 1 month ago
Did you fix or replace the Lefty?
ridersblock 5 months ago
@ridersblock Sent it to Mendon Cyclesmith for repair, based on recommendations from the Cannondale forum on mtbr.
citybikemike 5 months ago
Did you maintain it regularly?You can break anything if its neglected.
illbeda 5 months ago
lefty is shit ....
paaaaatis 10 months ago
@paaaaatis like your life
FuckTheLawNiggas 5 months ago
same thing happened to my bro's lefty !!! the fork werks great but fails BAD and it will fail !!!!!!
dork1963 10 months ago
Sounds like the bearing races wore to the point where the needle bearing plated fell out. I'll bet if you replaced all the bearings and races, you would be back in biz. I would take it to a c'dale dealer who knows what they are doing.
pimpb0tt 11 months ago
hahahhahahhahaa
Lefty stink Rock Shox ! ! !
MarkoTimokRiver 1 year ago
@MarkoTimokRiver rock shox suck ass
FuckTheLawNiggas 5 months ago
This is awful.I'm gonna have nightmares if my lefty being like this too.But I think the bearing inside must have glided away from it's original pad. D:
Dinraxxx 1 year ago
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lkalp1 1 year ago
@lkalp1 Did it sound like I was complaining? I just showed what happened.
citybikemike 1 year ago
But I ride mine fork through many terrains for 4 years and it's still fine
2297ct 1 year ago
Damn I am tempted to change my fork as mine is the ultra fatty headshox. Yup thats the name But my fork is stll good except I have been treating my bike which is a hardtail like a free ride bike ... soon it will give way
2297ct 1 year ago
Been riding a 2006 Cannodale Rush lefty and the only prob was a bit of play when locked out. I had the oiled changed and problem solved, I currently live in Colorado Springs, I beat the crap out of it and it has been great. I am looking at getting something with a bit more travel in the near future due to the progression of my riding. But over all it is a really good fork. I would of liked to get a Lefty max but I couldn't pass up a 2500 dollar bike for 1100 bones
Jevy383383 1 year ago
haha thats kinda funny (not in a taunting evil way)
lakai958 1 year ago
I heard the 2007 lefty speeds had assembly defects in them and they had the risk of coming apart. I bought a 2006 F800 with a lefty speed DLR 2 I guess I lucked out buying that one in November of 2006 instead of a 2007 model.
traingp7 2 years ago
thats somethin bad about the lefty
AlvenyTV 2 years ago
its the other way around..The Lefty is an engineering marvel but looks very odd.
I dare you to find me a lighter and stiffer fork than a lefty (price no object).
FYI- some of our US fighter jets are using the lefty design landing gears (just food for the thought how durable a lefty can be).
23spartan 2 years ago
the negative comments are obviously amateur riders and have not been the sport long enough to know how stiff, light and strong the lefty is..
Did I mention how well it performs on tight single tracks?
23spartan 2 years ago 7
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traditional chromoly rigid fork is better than lefty
jormox69 2 years ago
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It is a shit design inappropriate for a MTB. Road bike perhaps but not MTB.
Memphis35 2 years ago
Obviously it is newish tech but stuffed after 4 years? Also where it gave way is where I would suspect it would which is very dangerous. Given how much pressure/stress is placed on the front end components of a MTB, I'll stick with the traditional and proven dual fork suspension.
Memphis35 2 years ago
So a traditional fork has never failed? You know SFA about the Lefty design going by your comments Memphis
kavika1975 2 years ago 9
I know I wouldn't trust it, and it looks crap.
Memphis35 2 years ago
Scalpel is a Cross Country Race bike if you want a Trail Bike go for the new RZ120 or RZ140 Travel I rode a 2009 Rize 130 Carbon and it's fantastic get one fitted with a lefty and you wo'nt regret it
loydabmx 2 years ago 5
I tend to refer to mountain bikes as trail bikes - the Scalpel is gonna be my XC race bike for next season.
If the RZ140 was available last year, I would have considered it. I picked up a Mojo instead - to say I'm happy with it would be an understatement :)
citybikemike 2 years ago
As an update, my Lefty-equipped Jekyll just got me onto the podium @ Downieville :)
I was gonna use my Ibis Mojo, but the Fox Talas on it broke...
citybikemike 2 years ago
Lefty is a great fork had one on a prophet sl for 2yrs and it's been trashed in all ways never failed me>I sold it to get a Manitou Nixon 145mm travel but I regret it Lefty is better it needs maintenance like everything else
loydabmx 2 years ago
My next trail bike is gonna be a Lefty-equipped Cannondale Scalpel. I just really dig how well that fork works!
citybikemike 2 years ago
Oh geez, I didn't see this until now....
zx6roxy 2 years ago
I just dropped a double-black grade rock garden and a high speed fireroad right before it failed too!
citybikemike 2 years ago
I never said it sucks, and have remained faithful to the Lefty on my Jekyll for four years now. I haven't found anything at that weight that has the stiffness and compliance that the Lefty has.
citybikemike 3 years ago
sorry, just admit the Lefty is a lefty design
4 years and it gives up? my last bike was running for 15 years and nothing "gave up". it's still fine and used occasionally.
Lefty is just a pointless, unnatural design, made to look good but to work poorly
typical all show no go
theannoyingdogpoo 2 years ago
poor maintenance!!!!!
drett4 3 years ago