Nahtan Posted August 7, 2014 Share Hi all, need some help here. I have a Camber which runs a Fox 110mm front fork and I want to know if I can increase it to 120mm by taking out spacers in the fork. I have read that Fox make a 80mm, 100mm, 120mm etc damper cartridge and that you can decrease a forks travel but cant increase it. I would therefore assume that the Cambers fork is a 120mm shortened to 110mm which I could take back to 120mm by removing the spacer. Is this correct? Thanks for the help. nonky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted August 7, 2014 Share One way to find out for sure - open it up and have a look. The instructions are on Fox's website. Second - find a decent mechanic to check it our for you. I say decent because mistakes on forks are both easy to make and expensive to fix. Third - send it to me for a service and the conversion, if possible, can be done as part of it. nonky and IH8MUD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideondv Posted August 7, 2014 Share Lets say it can be done (removing a spacer and it becomes 120mm). How badly will it affect the geometry of the bike seeing that it was design around a 110mm fork? Edited August 7, 2014 by Rebelking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wepat Posted August 7, 2014 Share yes it can be done I have the exact same 2014 Camber Comp Carbon bike spoke with two shops today, Fox allows a 10mm adjustment either way a small spacer is removed. I did consider it but maybe do it on fork service The Fox warranty is not compromised either . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit031 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Lets say it can be done (removing a spacer and it becomes 120mm). How badly will it affect the geometry of the bike seeing that it was design around a 110mm fork? That amount of change is not gonna change the ego that much can,will make it slightly slacker which will make it handle better on the downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideondv Posted August 7, 2014 Share yes it can be done I have the exact same 2014 Camber Comp Carbon bike spoke with two shops today, Fox allows a 10mm adjustment either way a small spacer is removed. I did consider it but maybe do it on fork service The Fox warranty is not compromised either .Ok, so now the million dollar question.. is the juice worth the squeeze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideondv Posted August 7, 2014 Share That amount of change is not gonna change the ego that much can,will make it slightly slacker which will make it handle better on the downs.Yes, but how will it affect climbing, steering/controlling the bike and the performance of the rear suspension? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit031 Posted August 7, 2014 Share You only adding 10mm it's very little so it's not gonna change a huge amount,degree wise it's not gonna be that big,I'm guessing half a degree maybe,maybe 1 but that is most probably extreme. Don't think you gonna feel a big dif in the climbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted August 7, 2014 Share You won't feel a big difference in the climbing, but it's 10% extra travel. Which will help a LOT on te bumpy and fast technical stuff. Doooo eeeeet Bizkit031 and G e r h a r d Odendaal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_F Posted August 7, 2014 Share I have a 2012 camber.... there is a 10mm spacer that comes right out to make it a 120mm. I didn't notice much change between the 110 and 120mm. I am now running a 130mm rockshox revelation up front, and the bike has never handled better, and on the trail setting it still climbs very well, by far the best thing I did on the bike. I found that the oem fox would dive too much on braking and technical descents, and if I compensated with more air it was too hard. Daniel J Méssem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nahtan Posted August 8, 2014 Share Thanks for the responses. The Camber Evo comes with 120mm front and back (now why don't Specialized bring that bike into the country???) so I don't think I will be doing anything to the frame that it cant already handle. The head will become a little slacker which will be good for the down hills and I am able to move the headset spacers so I can keep the handlebars at the same height because the change will lift the front a bit. I think it is time to open the fork up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideondv Posted August 8, 2014 Share Thanks for the responses. The Camber Evo comes with 120mm front and back (now why don't Specialized bring that bike into the country???) so I don't think I will be doing anything to the frame that it cant already handle. The head will become a little slacker which will be good for the down hills and I am able to move the headset spacers so I can keep the handlebars at the same height because the change will lift the front a bit. I think it is time to open the fork up The Camber Evo is allready in certain Specialized stores. The evo frame is not the same as the normal camber. It was designed to run 120mm front and back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nahtan Posted August 11, 2014 Share Thanks. My understanding is the frame is the same but the rear linkages are slightly different which allows for the 120mm at the back. As for the front its just got a 120mm fork and not a 110mm. So now the question is if I can get the different linkages and a 120mm rear shock I can have an Evo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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