Professional wrench CannondaleLefty fork tuning

Stefan Loibl

 · 29.05.2012

Professional wrench Cannondale: Lefty fork tuningPhoto: Armin M. Küstenbrück
Professional wrench Cannondale: Lefty fork tuning
As team mechanic for the Cannondale Factory Team, Giacomo Angeli works on the World Cup race bikes of Manuel Fumic and Marco Fontana. He shows his best tricks for lefty and brake tuning.

Things are getting serious for German Olympic hopeful Manuel Fumic. The big race in London is getting closer and closer. Giacomo Angeli (38), team mechanic for the Cannondale Racing Team, can sense this. The Italian is also eagerly awaiting the highlight of the year with his protégés. With perfectly prepared bikes, Giacomo wants to play his part in the Olympic dream of Manuel Fumic and Marco Fontana (ITA). The meticulous mechanic checks every screw two and three times.

  Manuel Fumic at the World Cup in HouffalizePhoto: Oliver Soulas Manuel Fumic at the World Cup in Houffalize

In BIKE 7/12, Giacomo tunes a Lefty fork and gives an insight into how the fork setup works for World Cup riders. He also shows how to achieve a crisp, early pressure point on his disc brake.

The Video is at the second World Cup of the 2012 season in Houffalize, Belgium was created.

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