Hey there.

First time posting here...

After nearly 20 years - I've decided to purchase a bike specifically for city commuting & some trail & highway riding. Up until now I've been using my trusty Bianchi (set-up for highway riding) - but I find that the city is just too hard on this bike (it has the high pressure tires on it - and is real happy picking up broken glass and making me repair flats).

I went into my local bike shop - and narrowed my search down to a Cannondale F800.

Here's where it gets wacky.

This bike has the "Lefty Jake" front fork system - which when looking at it - just doesn't make any sense...

I took the bike out for a spin (along with other bikes with and without this front fork system) and surprisingly didn't notice the odd front fork system.

So - my questions are - whaddaya people think of this front fork system? Is it a fad, will it dissappear in a couple of years so that when I need to repair something on it in the future will parts be obsolete? Also - anybody out there bought a bike with this type of front fork system then later on wished they hadn't or vise versa?

Also - is this even the right type of bike for what I want to do?

Just trying to make a wise decision...

Thanks,

Sparky