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Upgrading in stages. So a 27.5" fork would raise the front end 12mm or so, fair enough (assume I'm still running 26" wheels)
No big worries there - but what effect does the rake (trail?) figure have on handling?
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Anyone?
Am leaning towards "you really won't notice it"
Longer rake has quite interesting effect of lowering the fork height for a given a-c.
I switched from a 26" 140mm Marz 44Ti to a 27.5 130-150mm TALAS on my Liteville. Stuck with 26" wheels.
It's a bit slacker at 150 and about the same at 130 but generally it feels no different with 26" wheel.
I run rigid 29er fork with a 26er wheel, on a 26er frame.
Looks a little 'odd', but handles great.
brant - Member
Longer rake has quite interesting effect of lowering the fork height for a given a-c.
Ok... so it would sort of lessen the effect of the longer fork?
Reading lots of madly contradictory notions about this.
I had a 27.5 fork on my SC Butcher - again upgrading as I could afford. Didn't notice owt.
Ok... so it would sort of lessen the effect of the longer fork?Reading lots of madly contradictory notions about this.
Yes. Just that.
Longer rake works well with slacker head angles to produce less wheel flop at low speed.
Just registering an interest.
I've got a 26" wheeled MK2 Cotic Soul, straight steerer. Although I've got decent forks now, I know that I won't get any as good again when they need replacing.
I really like the soul and can't see me ever needing or wanting more bike.
To that end, I'm keeping my eye open for a MK3 frame with tapered steerer, with a view to fitting 650B forks with my 26" wheel in the future, as most of my components are plenty good enough for me, and I couldn't justify a new 650B soul at ~ £2000
I think I've read Cy say somewhere that the above is ok on a soul?
I went from 140mm 26" Revs to 130mm 650b Pikes on mine and noticed no difference (though there should only be about 2mm difference in the a2c height).
Tempted to raise them to 140mm and stick a works -1.5deg headset in see how it feels.
brant - Member
Yes. Just that.Longer rake works well with slacker head angles to produce less wheel flop at low speed.
Got it - and that makes sense.
Right, now I have to pay for the bloody things.
Anyone able to comment on this?
I have a 26" 2012 Reba RL 120mm travel on a HT, Kinesis Decade Virsa II, 70.5 head, 73.5 seat, 30.5 BB height. If I swapped the fork out for a RockShox Pike 27.5", RC, 130mm travel running a 26" wheel would it change the head angle much? If so I'm thinking it would slacken it by a small amount ~ 1 deg.
Reba is great but the Pike is even better hence the potential swap.