spesh far xc travel possibilities

crispy1980

I'm thinking of selling my xc pro in order to fund buying a pitch as I fancy more travel. However, I'm wondering TiVo could exchange the forks on my current bike. what am I likely to get away with before ruining the handling? Current travel is 120mm

nicklouse

what year bike and what as a TV recorder got to to with it?

crispy1980

Stupid predictive text! . It's a 2009 model, the year the rear shock changed position to sit in the frame instead of through it.

DCR00

the Pitch is either 140mm or 150mm at the front (depending on which year)

already has a 67 degree head angle, so shortening the forks by 20mm i likely to take that HA to 68, which isnt that different to what you've currently got

crispy1980

So I'm reading that as putting 140mm forks on would end with pretty much same geometry?

oxocube1

I have a 2010 XC Pro and have been running 140mm Forks on there for the past year. Rides much better than with the 120mm Rebas i had on there before, feels more responsive on the front end. The rear is still 120mm but it still feels fairly well balanced. I would say it has slackened my HA by 1 degree

Here's mine:

crispy1980

Thinks that's what I'll do, at least I know my bike is well maintained. Would like some with adjustable travel I thibk

DCR00

My last bike was the same

It does perform quite well with 140mm up front