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Returned to racing this season and my new Trek came with 80mm forks and it just doesn't seem to be enough for the courses we race on. If i changed to 100mm forks i'm pretty sure it'll ahag the front end - what do you guys ride up front travel-wise?
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I've just switched my Zion back to 100mm forks having run 80mm on it for a few months. Still not absolutely sure which I prefer on it.
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Barry Bethel - Member0 mm
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100
100mm I have all travel adjust and often had it set to XC- which gave about 35mm of travel. But the courses have changed so much I'm now sometimes using the full 100mm at all mountain setting i.e soft.
yer always 100 for me but often fiddle with set up depending on course.
100mm on my Scott Scale.
That looks like a very long 80mm on that ^^ bike?
Plus you could loose the extra 20mm by flipping the stem, which would look proper race style! 8)
A mate suggested i flip the stem but thats just wrong! 😆
80mm on the hardtail, 100mm on the full sus. 0mm in the mud bike.
Oh, and a 'race' hardtail always looks better with the stem flipped!
0mm...rigid both ends!
130mm. What's the point in less?
I think flipped stems are 100% right, all the time, assuming they don't turn the bike into a death trap of course.
Whats the reasoning in a flipped stem? Pros and cons?
100mm 🙂
140 mm for me on my crush
Jamesy - Member140 mm for me on my crush
Bloody hell, do you race on that Jamesy?
dufresneorama - Member
Whats the reasoning in a flipped stem? Pros and cons?
Looks racy. Gives you 0.003% aerodynamic advantage. Makes you grimace.
Nah but long days in the hills aren't a problem I'm use to my.bikes being slack its just the way I like them
Don`t race,but i have 80 and a flipped stem.
130mm baybeeeeee
woop woop. It's like a chopper
100mm and fully flipped.
depends if I remeber to wind the u thingy in and out. 95 - 140 ( on a frame meant for 80) Or 100 on my commuter
0 mm on either end 🙄
80mm on my Whyte and now considering flipping the stem over... 😕
140mm & I race on it.
unless you're bottoming out the 80mm forks on a semi-regular basis you're not going to see any advantage from 100mm forks
0mm both ends plus a flipped stem .........Rad to the max 🙂
140mm. It's the new 100mm
130, 140 is talent-compensating territory.
80mm (I think :lol:)
130
unless you're bottoming out the 80mm forks on a semi-regular basis you're not going to see any advantage from 100mm forks
That's not true at all, whether he bottoms them out is a function of how hard he's running them! I ran 100 on the last couple of hardtails I had, have you been inside the fork to see if it's a 100mm one anyway, I can't remember on those?
90mm - plenty enough for me.
Is having short travel for racing more about minimising bob, or minimising weight?
Dufresneorama, I just suggested flipping the stem as it would allow you to maintain the same handlebar height, but run more travel, as the OP obivously didn't want to upset the 'shape' of the bike.
On road bikes however it is a sin to flip the stem up, looks far too practical and relaxed! 😀
140 on my P7 - I agree 130+ is the new 100! 100mm is sooooo last year!
130mm z1 freerides since 2003 on the hummer
130mm on the Soda, but then I ride FreeXCorejeylight. Obviously YMMV 🙂
Is having short travel for racing more about minimising bob, or minimising weight?
Weight generally, although it'll be interesting to see if the 120mm SID is widely adopted next year.
Old SID's so 100mm up and down (60mm actual neaver got past that with the correct ammount of air) and 100mm side to side and about 180 degrees twist, mmm flex!!
Iain
I have Talas on the Soul.
Pretty much run them at 100 all the time.
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140mm and no riding around fields 😉
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Pike u-turn on my ht - 110mm for flat bits & climbing. Wind out to 140mm for jumping and downhill. It works well, though even at 140mm the HA still seems quite steep on a Trailstar.
I need 140 mm because I'm so rad, 100mm is sooooo last year darlings x
😉 pmsl 🙂
100mm.
130mm Sherman's on the Genesis.
Zero on the rigid (29er) forks on the Kona - I was riding that one on 100mm Manitou's but fancied a change ...
seat looks kinda old skool comfy Will....
100mm but it would depend on the frame/head angle, shirley?
130mm on the 456, 120mm on the 456Ti, 140mm on the Nicolai.
Radness to the maaaax!
I'm rocking 115mm on my iO and 115mm on my Handjob, might drop to 100mm on the iO as long travel is soo nonradgnarlcore anymore.
Xtreemejeycore is where it's at
Summer = 115mm
Winter = 0mm
140mm on mine, and yes I race - well enter and turn-up...
100,80 and 0
That's a nice fork on the Scott - I'd leave it.
90mm on mine (very similar Fox fork) and fine with that. Often use all the travel though.
140mm here (although I've got another bike with 100mm travel as well):
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80mm, though the frame was made for 60mm.
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Rock Shox Rev's 140mm dual air work great for me!
My hardtails have no travel at all.
26" or 20".
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look at all you gay lords with your 100mm "race bikes" and lycra gimp suits, ha! get into the new century and get a right nail to shredd them gnarly trails to bits! yeeee haa baby!!!! 😈
130mm on the Prince Albert
100mm forks here and flipped 110mm stem otherwise the front pops up on steep climbs
Just reduced from 100mm to 0mm. Really enjoying it. Narrow flat bars and bar ends are where it's at.
Previously 115mm, currently 0mm, on a 29er, of course.
Could do with something in between.