Pikes for a Trance. 150mm or 160?

+ 1 to all of the above posts.. just went from the 34 talas 160-140 to pike solo 150mms on my trance sx. so much better. lost a bit of HA slackness as the pike has 10mm less travel and a shorter chassis but it makes up for it in far superior damping. The 150 strikes a great balance, improved the all round capability of the bike with next to no trade off descending. Running 2 bottomless tokens to keep the front end nice and firm too.
 
XYGTHO said:
Yep also put 150mm Pikes on my 27.5 trance. Perfect. Still climbs great but awesome on the knarley downhill stuff. Once set they soak up the trail like majic! ha ha. I think 150 is the go otherwise you would have been better of buying the Reign instead.
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I agree with you
 
Ive got an SX Advanced 2014 with the 160mm Fox 34's

Honestly? Go 160mm. Slack as all hell for the downhill but the front wheel stays true and straight on the up, and it behaves well on switchbacks. With the 160mm it'll smack you right in 66* head angle awesomeland
 
I recently changed from a 140mm Fox 32 Talas to the 160mm Pike solo on my 2014 Trance Adv1.
I also shortened the stem from 70 to 50mm and widened the bars to 780mm.
Man, what a diference! It climbs better somehow. As well as just smashing every trail I get on.
But 150 or 160? I don't think I would care as long as it's a Pike. The thicker stations are the bomb and the ride is amazing.
 
Matt Symes said:
I recently changed from a 140mm Fox 32 Talas to the 160mm Pike solo on my 2014 Trance Adv1.
I also shortened the stem from 70 to 50mm and widened the bars to 780mm.
Man, what a diference! It climbs better somehow. As well as just smashing every trail I get on.
But 150 or 160? I don't think I would care as long as it's a Pike. The thicker stations are the bomb and the ride is amazing.
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Yep I think either way you'll be stoked. Mine climbs unreal with 150mm so can't see it climbing bad with 160. It seems very well balanced. Weighted enough to get up around tight switchbacks but light enough in the front to get over tech terrain climbing. The stiffness difference was the biggest improvement and small bump and big bump. Everything really. The are magic. I would like to try the new XFusions though, I reckon they would be great also.
 
in case you still havent made your mind up, i'd start with 160. From what i know of the pikes, its easier to change them down to 150 from 160 by cutting the air rod than going the other way as you'd have to get a new air rod.

personally i have xfusion sweeps on my 2014 trance (rockshox monarch plus rt3 rear) left them at 160mm for a while, put a spacer in to go to 140, futzed around changing it between 140 and 160 for a while, now i have 150mm in there (10mm spacer) and it's good. I rarely say "I wish i had that extra 10mm", but at least i have the option of doing it. travel adjustment with spacers is pretty easy on the sweeps, thankfully, just need the right tools.

Going from 140mm up, i didnt really notice the difference when climbing, only on the steepest stuff that I'd have to walk up a lot of the time anyway. I dropped the stack height by moving spacers ontop of the stem and got slightly lower rise bars anyway, helped get a little more weight over the front.
 
I put 160mm Marzocchi 350's on my trance 27.5.
It made climbing a bit harder, but going down a shitload faster.
I havent really read through this thread fully so you may have already stated the riding you do.
But 150mm if you want to keep it climbing as well as it does now, it you wanna bomb down faster chuck the 160mm on and have a blast.

Whatever size you do put it its a huge step up from the Fox forks. They be real crap
 
simon21 said:
Which offset does the pike need to run on the Trance? Got me a bit confused.
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There is only one offset available on the aftermarket I think (for 160mm 27.5); it's only the Reign which had a custom offset from factory.
 
DJR said:
in case you still havent made your mind up, i'd start with 160. From what i know of the pikes, its easier to change them down to 150 from 160 by cutting the air rod than going the other way as you'd have to get a new air rod.
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A new air rod from SRAM is around $45 and takes 15min to install.
 
DJR said:
in case you still havent made your mind up, i'd start with 160. From what i know of the pikes, its easier to change them down to 150 from 160 by cutting the air rod than going the other way as you'd have to get a new air rod.
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dbowden said:
A new air rod from SRAM is around $45 and takes 15min to install.
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Gotta agree.... cutting up a part that costs bugger all is not the way to do things.
Easy job too..... just need some hand tools, some Rockshox oil and an air spring shaft.

If the OP is undecided, go with whatever's available at the time, by the alternative shaft and you can swap and change and see how it feels for "you", rather than depending on others opinions.
 
JTmofo said:
Gotta agree.... cutting up a part that costs bugger all is not the way to do things.
Easy job too..... just need some hand tools, some Rockshox oil and an air spring shaft.

If the OP is undecided, go with whatever's available at the time, by the alternative shaft and you can swap and change and see how it feels for "you", rather than depending on others opinions.
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There you go. I thought it was more like 100 for a new rod, 45 is good, agree at that price that buying it makes more sense!
 
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