bigger fork for my HT

matt-h

Hi All,

I currently have a Felt Six Elite http://2010.feltracing.com/USA/2010-Product-Catalog/MOUNTAIN/SIX-Series/SIX-Elite.aspx that i would like to be a little easier to ride on trail centres.
Would a longer fork slacken the head angle and raise the BB? If so, what would you recommend?
Also, the REBA SL will not take a Hans Dampf without rubbing, again, would a bigger fork help this?

Matt

cooldad

Sounds like you have the wrong bike for what you want to ride.

The Rookie

A longer fork will slacken the head angle and raise the BB, that's obvious.

That is vey much an XC bike, you could possibly go to a 120mm fork, or maybe your fork can have a spacer (if fitted) removed to make it a 120.

If you are tying to put an HD on it it sounds like you bought the wrong bike, to get a bigger tyre in you need to fit a fork designed to take a bigger one, a longer travel fork of similar style will just use the same lower casting, so you are looking at a Yari or Pike or similar, in a 120mm which they are really designed for as they are longer travel forks design door 'bigger bikes'.

Sell the Felt and buy the right bike, or ride the Felt as its intended.

matt-h

Thanks for the replies guys.
Agreed. it the wrong bike. i've had it a few years now and its the fact that i'm enjoying trail centres more that i hoped to prolong its life.
I cant afford to get another bike, i was just thinking as 26" is not the hot topic anymore, i could possibly get a longer fork and enjoy the trails.
The HD was was given to me, so not too bothered about not using it.

Thanks again chaps.

Matt

matt-h

Another thought. (uh oh)
Is there a more slack frame to be had that will take the components i already have, including shock.
FS or HT?

Matt

The Rookie

What shock? I thought that was a hardtail, do you mean the fork?

If your fork will go to 120mm then that will open up some options, but at 100mm you'll be limited to XC style hardtails.

matt-h

The Rookie wrote:

What shock? I thought that was a hardtail, do you mean the fork?

If your fork will go to 120mm then that will open up some options, but at 100mm you'll be limited to XC style hardtails.

Sorry, yes, fork.
Bear with. i'm a roadie