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I was wondering if you would want to put 160mm forks on the 180mm travel Santa Cruz 'Bullit'?
Would this seriously ruin the handling or is it a case of personal choice?
no I'd sell it, don't like bullits!
160mm forks with a long enough axle to crown would work just fine on one though
GW,
fair play! Do you mind if I ask why the dislike of said 'bullit'?
Wondered what the handling would be like with 180mm at rear and 160mm at front?
DM
Don't really like single pivots and even if I did bullits have ropey geometry (for me) - too high, short and steep for the amount of travel.
I have run my 2005 Bullit with forks ranging from 160mm - 200mm (RS Lyrik 160mm, Marzocchi 66 170mm, Marzocchi 888 200mm). It works brilliantly with them all. Obviously the handling is a little quicker with the shorter forks, but it doesn't seem to be a problem to me. Dunno if the newer Bullits have different angles though.
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I ran my bullit with 150mm zocchi's and 160mm fox and it was great with either! Fantastic bike 🙂