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morleyman200

hi all. at the moment i have 120mm travel recons,

i was thinking because i do more freeride / downhill riding it might be a good idea if i got some heavy duty forks, was thinking of the fox talas, i like the sounds of the easy to adjust travel. ie from 160 - 130 - 100 or the 150 - 130 - 110.

what do you lot think?

would the extra travel be an issue? would rather have the 160mm travel tals, but would they be ok on my bike?

tom

Andy B

What bike?

morleyman200

trek fuel ex 6.5

i know its not downhill bike, but im only 16, so didn't think i would need as heavy duty as a 4G downhiller

budget only stretches so far :P

supersonic

Too much travel.
120, possibly 130mm max.

And yes, not a DH bike.

Andy B

Trek do not recommend going over the 120mm on the Fuel EX

See Q&A's: http://www.trekbikes.com/uk/en/bikes/mo ... x/fuelex6/

morleyman200

but regardless of warranty is there a reason, ie strains and stresses, if its handling, can't you just get used to the bike again and learn on it with the new handling?

tom

The Northern Monkey

morleyman200 wrote:

but regardless of warranty is there a reason, ie strains and stresses, if its handling, can't you just get used to the bike again and learn on it with the new handling?

tom

supersonic

You'll break the fukcing thing, don't do it!

The Northern Monkey

^

and I thought I was being arsey today!

the article don

Your budget "only stretches so far" and you've got an Ex 6.5 and you're looking for Fox TALAS forks?

Kids nowadays!!!

*Walks off, shaking head, to fetch pipe and slippers*

joshtp

to start with, if the budget only stretches so far, why buy a £600 talas, when with that money + money from trek sale you could get a Iron Horse Yekisuma (or whatever it is called) ts a blooming good fr/dh bike on a budget... you might even get a stinky or similar if you shop around. Definately if you get somneting second hand, you could get a proper bike for the job....
But more than than, the talas would ruin the handling (make it plain dangerouse slow) and would snap the frame, and probably snap you too.

projectsome

I have the Fuel ex 6.5 and trust me it's not a DH bike!!! By all means give it a try though, but at your own risks.... I will however won't be...

Northwind

The golden rule, for me, is that if you're riding hard enough to justify adding that much extra fork, you're riding too hard for the bike to deal with that much extra fork I've used overlength forks on several bikes, and had good results but the bikes just aren't designed for it, you're making the lever longer basically and sooner or later, it'll be too long. 10mm over, 20mm over maybe, depending on the fork and the rider and the riding. It can mess up the handling too, but not always- my Kraken and my Idrive both rode better with 10mm more fork in the front than you're supposed to, while my Scandal was rated for 130mm but rode poorly with it.

But at the end of the day, if you're going to hit it hard, it's going to break, and if you're not going to hit it hard don't fit hardhitting forks.

delcol

delcol picks himself up off the floor,, after falling off his chair laughing his ass off at supersonic... (dam you ss i banged my head hitting the floor :evil: )

don't do it not only will it be like a chopper,, but i'm pretty sure sooner or later you will hear SNAP CRACKle then POP as you hit the floor when the frame gives up.....

still @ ss.

supersonic

Sometimes you have to get straight to the point ;-)

Andy B

supersonic wrote:

Sometimes you have to get straight to the point ;-)

...or...

supersonic wrote:

I don't want to wear the keys out on my £1.99 keyboard by typing lots

supersonic

The L key has gone now.