2009 giant trance x4 forks

fiodor

want to buy a new forks and replace my old Reba 120 mm for something bigger.was thinking 140- 150 mm .can you please let me know if this will work on trance x4 L frame size. and how it will work .anybody out there ride the giant trancex4 with 150 mm forks? ?please let me know what is you thinking
regards Kris

rockmonkeysc

I had the 2010 model with the same frame. I put a 140mm Rockshox Pike (the old ones) on mine and it was great.
I wouldn't go to 150mm, at 140 I was starting to feel the effects of a high bottom bracket in corners.
A Pike, Lyrik (dropped to 140mm) or Revelation would be ideal.
You won't get a new style Pike to fit it which is a shame.
I would also upgrade to a bolt through axle, I remember that the X4 had a QR axle.

fiodor

thanks for the quick response if I only knew what high bottom bracket effect means .
yes it is QR and it is getting hard to find a nice fork I have to say.
the problem is my reba is 250 mm long and straight.
and if bolt through axle means a new hub for me if I get it correctly

fiodor

how about this one

https://www.merlincycles.com/rockshox-revelation-rct3-solo-air-forks-26-65781.html?utm_campaign=googlebase-GB&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shopping&utm_term=Suspension+Forks&ucpo=15519&gclid=Cj0KEQiAqqO0BRDyo8mkv9y259EBEiQApVQD_ROTxwmvPOX5C0SnDTXMYSsRBkAJxI6pYvREhtL-r8saAkxd8P8HAQ

fiodor

any other options please let me know? ?

The Rookie

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19771933#p19771933]fiodor[/url] wrote:

thanks for the quick response if I only knew what high bottom bracket effect means .

If you raise the front of the bike, then you will raise the bottom bracket (where the cranks attach) by a percentage of that amount, too high makes a bike less nimble in corners and less stable when pointing downhill over rougher terrain (abbreviated).

Recently bottom brackets have dropped about 1/2-1" to 'improve' the ride for just those reasons (compromise being increased pedal strikes of course).

fiodor

ok that's make sense now but I still don't know if this is a right thing to go for 140 let say forks

Antm81

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19772378#p19772378]fiodor[/url] wrote:

ok that's make sense now but I still don't know if this is a right thing to go for 140 let say forks

I changed the forks on my old 2009 trance to a set of 140mm RS revs, great change, bike works well with them.

Dirtydog11

Go for it!

Fitted a set float 140s to a friends a couple of years ago and it rides really well. You'll probably just need to remove the coned shaped spacer in order to keep your bars in a similar position to what they're in now.