Cape wrath fork upgrade? Any advise
whiteb0y
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I've been riding my cape wrath mostly on the road for the last year, but now I'm getting out on the trails quite frequently and realizing that I really need to upgrade the forks and brakes. Any advise particularly for the fork upgrade would be greatly appreciated?
For example, willl it screw up the geometry if I put a 140mm travel fork on this frame?
I'm thinking of trying to get a cheap pair 2nd hand off ebay, around the £200 mark, any recommended forks that are likely to sell for that?
I'm an all-mountain/cross country type rider, but I wanna be able to open up a bit more on the downhill.
Cheers.
For example, willl it screw up the geometry if I put a 140mm travel fork on this frame?
I'm thinking of trying to get a cheap pair 2nd hand off ebay, around the £200 mark, any recommended forks that are likely to sell for that?
I'm an all-mountain/cross country type rider, but I wanna be able to open up a bit more on the downhill.
Cheers.
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£230 gets you a Rockshox Reba, possibly the best xc/trail fork there is.
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=produ ... egoryId=18
140mm forks would be overkill for the Cape Wrath & it would handle like a barge, could also possibly cause a frame failure & may not be covered under CB's lifetime warranty if it did go pear shaped.
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Mmm a 140mm fork on an XC bike. Not a good idea.
see fork above."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
Maybe with a little bit more travel (115mm) like this Reba Team Air U-Turn & Pushloc 2008, but second hand.0
