Travel mod on 2006 Reba team U-turn ?
twonks
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At the moment I'm just putting the finishing touches to a new Piglet frame and am using my old 2006 RS Reba Team forks on it.
They are maxed at 115mm travel (air u-turn 85-15), but I am wondering if it is possible or even worth changing / modifying the internals to give them a fixed 120mm travel that the frame is designed for.
The thoughts are not really just for the extra 5mm of travel as in the real world it is doubtfull I'll notice it, but more for possibly improving the forks performance whilst taking away some weight from the U-turn assembly.
If it is going to cost much more than £100 or so, I'd probably not bother until they pack up, but as they are in fine condition and performance at the mo I thought I'd get them on.
They are maxed at 115mm travel (air u-turn 85-15), but I am wondering if it is possible or even worth changing / modifying the internals to give them a fixed 120mm travel that the frame is designed for.
The thoughts are not really just for the extra 5mm of travel as in the real world it is doubtfull I'll notice it, but more for possibly improving the forks performance whilst taking away some weight from the U-turn assembly.
If it is going to cost much more than £100 or so, I'd probably not bother until they pack up, but as they are in fine condition and performance at the mo I thought I'd get them on.
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If it's anything like air U-turn Pikes then they don't have an indentation for a circlip to hold any other kind of internal. Any kind of performance increase would come from changing things on the damper side anyway. It may be worth checking with TFTuned or Loco-tuning whether you could fit something like a Blackbox damper and dual-flow rebound.0
