Changing the travel on your bike

[jack smith]

looking at swapping my bmc speedfox for a scott spark as I'm just not feeling the bmc for some reason ive rode the spark and fell in love instantly the only issue is the 120mm of travel and I'm wanting to do some black trails, first off is 120 enough? and second the fork it comes with is a basic rockshocks 120mm but the 130-140 travel forks seem cheaper to upgrade too does anyone know what the max travel is for a spark

 

[Motozulu]

Can't help you on the technicals but if you're good enough - you'll ride it. I did CYB on a 100mm travel Cube. Test yourself.

 

[Hacienda71]

I have done black trails on 100mm Proper DH you will need more but blacks are sanitised and 100mm is fine.

 

[jack smith]

ive done it on a hardtail before just wondering but its too late now anyway I swapped the bmc in for a supersix evo instead of a spark

 

[fossyant]

Common opinion is don't go putting more travel on a bike designed for less. It will mess up the geometry.

Like has been said trails can be ridden with hard tails quite well. Now if it's a down hill centre then you'll most likely need a downhill bike or an enduro 160mm or stick to the blue or red DH run.

 

[fossyant]

ive done it on a hardtail before just wondering but its too late now anyway I swapped the bmc in for a supersix evo instead of a spark

Well that's a swap.