posted by Gonzales on july 23, 1998 at 21:38:04:

From http://www.bicyclingmagazine.com/daily/shorts.htm#story2

The big news is that Cannondale has licensed its HeadShok suspension-fork technology to Merlin. The East Coast titanium bike maker is expected to produce dual-suspension bikes with the distinctive shock-in-the-headtube front shock (as opposed to
telescoping, suspended fork legs a la RockShox, Manitou et al) beginning in ’99. HeadShok-equipped Merlins may be on display as early as the Interbike trade show in September in Lost Wages, Nevada. This isn’t ‘Dale’s first HeadShok licensing
arrangement—Rhygin sold some in Europe—but it’s by far the highest-profile deal for the technology to date. Cannondale said it has no plans to try to license the technology to any large bike makers (a.k.a. major competitors).

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: From http://www.bicyclingmagazine.com/daily/shorts.htm#story2 : The big news is that Cannondale has licensed its HeadShok suspension-fork technology to Merlin. The East Coast titanium bike maker is expected to produce dual-suspension bikes with the distinctive shock-in-the-headtube front shock (as opposed to : telescoping, suspended fork legs a la RockShox, Manitou et al) beginning in ’99. HeadShok-equipped Merlins may be on display as early as the Interbike trade show in September in Lost Wages, Nevada. This isn’t ‘Dale’s first HeadShok licensing : arrangement—Rhygin sold some in Europe—but it’s by far the highest-profile deal for the technology to date. Cannondale said it has no plans to try to license the technology to any large bike makers (a.k.a. major competitors).

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