Front forks


Front forks

After extending the front forks by the inventors of the OSCO Chain Oiler, the 2013 Polar Ice Ride R1 was raised by 65 mm. This way the much bigger front wheel could be fitted, which additionally made the ground clearance even bigger. Because I used the standard R1 front forks, the bike’s suspension had a short distance that it could travel. On this rough terrain it’s much better to have a bigger travel. Hyperpro is taking that part on their behalf, including the option to raise/lower Arctic 1 if desired by 15cm/6inch, using air suspension. Raising the whole bike 5cm/2inch above an already high (ground)ice clearance will give me an extra advantage when passing high obstacles. The reason why it needs to be lowered, you can read in ‘Falling & Getting up’, further on in this section.