How much travel on a Pitch?

andyturner28
andyturner28 Posts: 1,225
edited January 2009 in MTB buying advice
I will hopefully be getting a Pitch Pro in a few months and was just wondering, what is the longest travel fork you can run before voiding the warrentee? I mainly ride trails but am getting into doing drop offs and jumps etc, so would be handy to slacken the head angle for them and wind it back to 140 for trails and XC. I'v seen one on fleebay with a 160mm Domain i think.

Just a thought that popped into my head, so don't hit me :wink:
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  • dave_hill
    dave_hill Posts: 3,877
    andyturner28 wrote:
    I will hopefully be getting a Pitch Pro in a few months and was just wondering, what is the longest travel fork you can run before voiding the warrentee? I mainly ride trails but am getting into doing drop offs and jumps etc, so would be handy to slacken the head angle for them and wind it back to 140 for trails and XC. I'v seen one on fleebay with a 160mm Domain i think.

    Just a thought that popped into my head, so don't hit me :wink:

    Pitches are relatively long and low as it is for a trail bike. Adding more travel would make it longer and slacker still!

    Have you read the review of the Pitch Pro in this month's MBR? They're pretty impressed with it and they have said that it's pretty much a perfect hardcore trail / "all-mountain" bike as it is.
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  • andyturner28
    andyturner28 Posts: 1,225
    dave_hill wrote:
    andyturner28 wrote:
    I will hopefully be getting a Pitch Pro in a few months and was just wondering, what is the longest travel fork you can run before voiding the warrentee? I mainly ride trails but am getting into doing drop offs and jumps etc, so would be handy to slacken the head angle for them and wind it back to 140 for trails and XC. I'v seen one on fleebay with a 160mm Domain i think.

    Just a thought that popped into my head, so don't hit me :wink:

    Pitches are relatively long and low as it is for a trail bike. Adding more travel would make it longer and slacker still!

    Have you read the review of the Pitch Pro in this month's MBR? They're pretty impressed with it and they have said that it's pretty much a perfect hardcore trail / "all-mountain" bike as it is.
    Yeah i have read it, tis why i am now madly saving to get one a.s.a.p. I just thought that if your going down some REALLY steep terrain a little extra travel would come in handy, then wind it back down for normal trails. As long as it doesn't invalidate the warrantee though.
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  • zytar
    zytar Posts: 6
    I've put some Fox van 36's (160mm) on my pitch, It definitely slackens the head angle a fair bit.

    The front end does get a little light on the steep stuff but nothing a little weight shift cant remedy. On the plus side she rides like a demon on the descents and it lifts the very low bottom bracket a touch.
  • andyturner28
    andyturner28 Posts: 1,225
    zytar wrote:
    I've put some Fox van 36's (160mm) on my pitch, It definitely slackens the head angle a fair bit.

    The front end does get a little light on the steep stuff but nothing a little weight shift cant remedy. On the plus side she rides like a demon on the descents and it lifts the very low bottom bracket a touch.
    Sounds like a plan then :) Dose fitting a longer fork invalidate the warrantee though? I take it the 36's aren't the travel adjust ones, what is it like on normal trails and XC at 160mm?

    You got any pics you could post? :wink:
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  • grumsta
    grumsta Posts: 994
    from the manual 'WARNING! The Pitch frame is compatible ONLY with single crown forks that have travel of 6.3” (160mm) or less. Use of different styled forks or forks with longer travel may result in catastrophic failure of the frame which may result in serious personal injury or death.' I would be quite interested in getting some of those fox forks if I could afford them, think you can adjust the travel.
  • andyturner28
    andyturner28 Posts: 1,225
    grumsta wrote:
    from the manual 'WARNING! The Pitch frame is compatible ONLY with single crown forks that have travel of 6.3” (160mm) or less. Use of different styled forks or forks with longer travel may result in catastrophic failure of the frame which may result in serious personal injury or death.' I would be quite interested in getting some of those fox forks if I could afford them, think you can adjust the travel.
    Thanks mate, just what i wanted to know :D I take it you have a Pitch as well then, i am actually thinking of robbing a bank, i cant wait 3 months!

    The Vanila's aren't adjustable, only the 36 Talas R has adjustable travel.
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  • smackmypitchupǃ
    smackmypitchupǃ Posts: 133
    I got the Pitch. Size Large.

    I'm a tad over 6ft.. Perfect. Feels just like my Gary Fisher 19in.

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