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Crude? How very dare you ;)
But yes, sort of. The bike's got a lot of trail, so actually it tracks okay without the spring, can cycle no-handed without issues at most speeds (if it was a low-trail fork it would help there) but it should aid low-speed steering
The main function for me is to stop the front flopping over when the bike's stationary, so I can lean it up against walls, lock it, load the rack etc, without worrying about the bars hitting the top tube and the whole lot tipping over.
You see them attached to Dutch Bikes quite frequently.
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@853Superfly
at Tomvanhalen.....
curious as to the spring mod.
Is it a crude form of steering damper ?
Is it so you can cycle no handed with a loaded front basket ?
Bit of a fad a while back for DH bikes to get retro fitted with a headset steering damper, never quite seen one like yours...... :)
Neat mod, but really whats it's intended function, i got's to know !