These forks on this bike.... or not???
hitchen92
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Hi
I've just sold my Marzocchi XC 500's off my Kinesis Maxlight XC 120 Hardtail. Would you reccmomend putting some Fox Talas RLC 32's on it (providing they dont sell)? My riding style is XC but with does encounter some downhill trails etc.
What do you think?
Cheers
I've just sold my Marzocchi XC 500's off my Kinesis Maxlight XC 120 Hardtail. Would you reccmomend putting some Fox Talas RLC 32's on it (providing they dont sell)? My riding style is XC but with does encounter some downhill trails etc.
What do you think?
Cheers
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Yep, be fine. (except proper DH).0
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ive got talas 32s and they are on a bike designed for 120mm forks. im a big fan of adjustable height suspension. you can ride around at 120 for most of the time and adjust to 140 for Downward direction.0
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Also, it's called an XC>120 (greater than 120). One of the Kinesis adverts showed the bike built with Pikes."Internet Forums - an amazing world where outright falsehoods become cyber-facts with a few witty key taps and a carefully placed emoticon."0
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But is running them at 140mm all the time going to effect the frame in anyway??? Is it gonig to snap or anything like that due to the front end being a little higher than normal?0
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hitchen92 wrote:But is running them at 140mm all the time going to effect the frame in anyway??? Is it gonig to snap or anything like that due to the front end being a little higher than normal?
Assuming you run your fork at the usual 25% sag, a 140 fork only runs 7.5mm longer than a 130mm. Have a look at 7.5mm on a ruler and you'll see why it's not worth worrying about.
In terms of your head tube, if your fork has a ride height of 520mm it equates to a 1% increase in moment. If your head tube breaks it will be because of horrible landing or a flaw in the original material, not because you fitted a 140 fork in place of a 130.
Anyway, 140s not a big fork
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Is that a fox 36 i see? On a maxlight :O!0