Hi all,
I am contemplating bumping up my fork from 130-140mm it’s a 2016 fox performance 34.. It’s a bit of stuffing around changing the airshaft so I though I would ask for some advice before bothering.
The fork is on an intense spider 29c which is more at the xc end of trail than enduro.. The spider comes standard at 130 each end, for anyone who has ridden one they are a very capable bike (opposed to just looking at geo numbers) and I’m finding that I am hitting stuff that uses the 130mm on the front on most proper trail rides. I have added a volume spacer which has stopped un-necessary bottoming out and diving. Now i’m bottoming out the suspension on drops and jumps I would expect to use all 130mm of travel. (I’m 95kg)
Recently I rode the all mountain at thredbo and I definitely felt a bit more squish on the front would help keeping the bike going where I wanted it to go..
So I am wondering if adding 10mm of travel will make enough difference to warrant the change.. The bike is a great peddler and I want to keep that as much as possible. Will putting a 10mm longer fork stuff the the geo up to much? I am concerned that I trying to make this bike do more than it’s really intended.. It’s a lightweight trail bike afterall..
Thanks in advance..
I am contemplating bumping up my fork from 130-140mm it’s a 2016 fox performance 34.. It’s a bit of stuffing around changing the airshaft so I though I would ask for some advice before bothering.
The fork is on an intense spider 29c which is more at the xc end of trail than enduro.. The spider comes standard at 130 each end, for anyone who has ridden one they are a very capable bike (opposed to just looking at geo numbers) and I’m finding that I am hitting stuff that uses the 130mm on the front on most proper trail rides. I have added a volume spacer which has stopped un-necessary bottoming out and diving. Now i’m bottoming out the suspension on drops and jumps I would expect to use all 130mm of travel. (I’m 95kg)
Recently I rode the all mountain at thredbo and I definitely felt a bit more squish on the front would help keeping the bike going where I wanted it to go..
So I am wondering if adding 10mm of travel will make enough difference to warrant the change.. The bike is a great peddler and I want to keep that as much as possible. Will putting a 10mm longer fork stuff the the geo up to much? I am concerned that I trying to make this bike do more than it’s really intended.. It’s a lightweight trail bike afterall..
Thanks in advance..
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