Will new fork length make a difference?
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e-rider
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Yes. A-C on sus fork is impossible to measure; are you stating the uncompressed length or compressed, or somewhere in the middle?
Find out the geometry of your frame - ie. what suspension correction it has - then get rigid forks to suit. 420mm A-C forks would replace older style 80mm travel sus forks and a frame that was sus corrected for 63-80mm sus forks.
Find out the geometry of your frame - ie. what suspension correction it has - then get rigid forks to suit. 420mm A-C forks would replace older style 80mm travel sus forks and a frame that was sus corrected for 63-80mm sus forks.
buddha
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I'm planning on going for an even shorter rigid fork (390mm) to replace a 100mm sus-fork.
My reasoning is that I want the geometry to be similar to my roadie/current commuter. Having worked out the geometry (let some air out of the forks) it turns out that the mtb will have a head tube angle of 70deg which is the same as the road bike.
Just waiting for the fork to arrive/be back in stock.
My reasoning is that I want the geometry to be similar to my roadie/current commuter. Having worked out the geometry (let some air out of the forks) it turns out that the mtb will have a head tube angle of 70deg which is the same as the road bike.
Just waiting for the fork to arrive/be back in stock.
twentysix by twentyfive
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This any use Mr P http://www.dclxvi.org/chunk/tech/trail/ ?
I haven't read it but IIRC less trail = more instability (twitchy handling) and more trail = more stable (but slower handling). So if you can keep the trail about where it was..... (But you knew that)
I haven't read it but IIRC less trail = more instability (twitchy handling) and more trail = more stable (but slower handling). So if you can keep the trail about where it was..... (But you knew that)
