Front Fork Lengths & Riding Habits

[awesme]

Ok

 

So looking at the 27.5 Full suspension models that I've seen they all seem to be using long forks.

 

Can we have a show of hands, and see what the average/normal fork lengths are thats being used in SA and what type of riding everyone is doing

 

G

Edited September 9, 2012 by awesme

[Agteros1]

Pity there is no rigid option for the forks Lack of it is DQing a few riders here

[awesme]

Robo

 

As requested.

 

G

 

Pity there is no rigid option for the forks Lack of it is DQing a few riders here

[Agteros1]

Now nsBB can vote I can't. The rigid fork has not been fitted to the bike yet... It is becoming quite lonesome in a corner behind some stuff!

[awesme]

hehehe

 

rigid=0 still so nsBB haven't voted yet.

 

G

 

Now nsBB can vote I can't. The rigid fork has not been fitted to the bike yet... It is becoming quite lonesome in a corner behind some stuff!

[NotSoBigBen]

Dude you don't allow 'multiple' answers so I don't know what to vote .... anyways I just ride whatever bike wherever I feel like, if you slow you slow and I've made peace with that

[awesme]

multiple vote enabled.

 

G

 

Dude you don't allow 'multiple' answers so I don't know what to vote .... anyways I just ride whatever bike wherever I feel like, if you slow you slow and I've made peace with that

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Mkay. DH & Trail. Dh bike and 26" hardtail, bith with more than 150mm

[G-Unit]

Longer xc stuff. Multi day, when the wallet allows. 29 DS 100mm. Happy times.

[awesme]

So it looks like front forks, 100mm, used for single day XC 30-80km on a 26er Full suspension is the most common.

 

Now a question, who'd look at a bike with 140mm front fork, to do the same riding, 27.5 wheel's to also do technical riding with.

 

G

 

Longer xc stuff. Multi day, when the wallet allows. 29 DS 100mm. Happy times.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

So it looks like front forks, 100mm, used for single day XC 30-80km on a 26er Full suspension is the most common.

 

Now a question, who'd look at a bike with 140mm front fork, to do the same riding, 27.5 wheel's to also do technical riding with.

 

G

 

I would... Potentially.

[Hairy]

I ride a 26" duallie with 150mm travel fork and 145mm rear travel, and have done the 24hrs of Oak Valley on her. I will do so again next year too.

 

Your poll meeds a option of "trail long distance"

 

Long travel is nothing to be scared of, bikes are made so efficiently these days and also only weigh a little more than the short travel bikes that I am still surprised at the SA mentality of always wanting a100mm travel bike. Even going to 120mm will make a huge difference to the fun factor

[patches]

Horses for courses...

 

Bike 1: Full Sus 26", 80mm Front 100mm Rear, 4X bike - Used for trail and dirt jumping.

Bike 2: Full Sus 26", 160mm Front 160mm Rear, AM bike - Used for XC, trail and light freeride.

Bike 3: Full Sus 26", 200mm Front 200mm Rear, DH bike - Used for DH and freeride.

Bike 4: (same as bike 3, thus for sale at the moment)

[deanbean]

Got a 26" fs 145 rear 150/130 front. This does long distance(80+km) trail and multiday events. 100mm SS HT for shorter distances.

The full susser also gets used for the shorter tech rocky trails, with lots of fun twisty sections, because that was why it was bought.

Edited September 11, 2012 by deanbean

[RockCoach]

My 26" FS 5.5" travel gets used for most fun things. 150 uturn down to 110mm. It is amazing how fast the bike becomes when front travel is reduced to 110mm - but I hardly ever ride it like that.

[patches]

My 26" FS 5.5" travel gets used for most fun things. 150 uturn down to 110mm. It is amazing how fast the bike becomes when front travel is reduced to 110mm - but I hardly ever ride it like that.

 

Yeah, I'm running a 160mm Fox 36 Talas. So 3 travel settings, 160, 130, and 100.

 

I have on occasion set it to 100 to climb. But once when i forgot it was on 100 (and had been off the bike for 2 weeks) i hit a jump and kissed the ground, haha... 100mm fork totally messes with AM bike geometry