biggest fork for gt avalanche?
scotto
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Thinking of doing up my 05 gt avalanche disc 1
Current forks are rubbish, whats the biggest fork I can put on there and any suggestions please?
budget for that is circa £250.00
Current forks are rubbish, whats the biggest fork I can put on there and any suggestions please?
budget for that is circa £250.00
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100mm on the older frames. Get very slack with much more.
For XC riding the Reba fits the bill nicely.0 -
hmm that's a gutter, already got a good 100mm setup on the cannondale, kind of wanted to have a long travel hardtail for winter adventures.
Maybe I should sell it and buy an orange crush.
Thanks for the reply will have a look at the rebas.0 -
You could fit longer - but do you like a slack head angle?0
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I don't understand what a slack head angle is? :-)0
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Lol. Head angle is the angle the headtube makes with a horizontal line. On most bikes it is between 67 and 71 degrees, with DH bikes having slacker (less) angle.
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So if you put a longer fork on your bike, you slacken (decrease) this angle which makes the bike more stable, but harder to turn. It also does the same to the seat angle (using the seat tube) so your weight is tipped back. Bottom bracket height, front centre and wheel base change too.
The upshot is that on bikes designed around less travel having a longer fork can make them feel too relaxed, or sluggish handling. But it can improve matters when going downhill.
Uturn forks you can change the travel and therefore angles. This might be a good option actually say a 85-130mm travel Tora or Recon.0 -
I see, thanks for explaining that.
Think I prefer a more aggressive stance however the idea is I try and be a bit more adventurous so this could be a really good thing, maybe !
May make it look like a chopper !
will have to have a think.0 -
That looks nice, had a look at mine last night, not so sure I want to go big fork now, there's going to be a whole lot of lean if i do, will probably go for the reba now I think.0
