120mm or 100mm travel

It depends on the trails mostly. XC still leaves a lot of room for how a trail is designed. Truly if you think about it 20mm really isn't that much. 3/4". Now if you have trails with alot or roots and such where the extra plushness will be helpful then go for it. 120mm is becoming much more common than 100mm.

Orbea - Oiz H20. Best XC Full-Suspension Mountain Bike. Aluminum / 12-Speed Shimano Deore / 29×2.35″. MSRP: $3,599. Jenson USA. Fork: Fox 32 Float Rhythm, 120mm travel. Shock: Fox i-Line DPS Performance, 120mm travel. Wheels: Orbea OC1 25c. The Orbea Oiz H20 is a sleek full-suspension XC bike built for speed and efficiency.

A 100- to 120mm lightweight cross-country fork will be ideal if your trails are smooth and flowing. The shorter suspension travel gives a more responsive feel and you'll enjoy greater trail feedback through the handlebar and grips. Shorter suspension travel forks also bob less when climbing up steep trails in a standing position.

Sprinting up climbs is easier on my 100mm XC bike. Short-travel bikes usually have 100-120mm of travel to maximize efficiency. In some cases, these bikes could have forks with 10-20mm more travel to make them more versatile on descents. XC and short-travel trail bikes fall into this category.

107 posts · Joined 2009. #8 · Apr 17, 2011 (Edited) Depends on how it climbs. If you already struggle on the steepest, going to 120mm will see you pushing. But, if you have no problem climbing, then going to 120 will def improve descending. The way forward is adjustable travel.

Nothing over 120mm. No more than 120mm of suspension travel at either end. The archetypal down-country bike should have closer to 100mm of rear travel. And if there's a 130mm travel fork up front, it's ruled out. Usually. There are some outliers than we allow into the down-country fold.

The best XC forks hover between about 100mm and 120mm of travel. Usually featuring lockout switches, XC forks are lightweight, efficient and allow the wheel to get out of the way when it needs to while offering enough support to keep you from bobbing through the travel up a tough climb. The suspension fork changed mountain biking forever.

100mm Travel Fork: 120mm Travel Fork: Travel Distance: 100mm: 120mm: Weight: On average 1300g or 45.85 oz: On average 1500g or 52.91 oz: Rider Weight Limit: Around 145lbs: Around 160lbs: Attachment Point: 45 degrees: 55 degrees: Tube Angle: Firm: Slackened as 20mm difference results in 1-degree tube angle change: Maintenance: Inexpensive and ...

Furbz. Posted July 21. 120mm all the way. newer bikes have slacker geo which makes them feel more stable vs the older steeper 100mm bikes/. 120 vs 100 - major difference is the comfort. that extra 20mm really helps soak on the high end buzz and smaller bumps. massive advantage there. AllAboutRides. 1.

So, considering travel alone, 100mm is enough to do what you want. BUT you have to consider two more things: Fork design: forks can be designed to jump (as some very tough Marzocchi Dirt Jump forks with 100mm of travel) or to eat up bumps with 'on-ground', XC use (for example, Rock Shox SID and Reba forks, with which wouldn't be a good idea to ...

Great reviews on fork, more quality travel in XC bike is good, and the SC34 will one day go on a modern xc race frame designed around a 120mm fork when availability and pricing aren't so crazy; coulda/woulda/shoulda bought tommyrod's Blur TR black large frame. I digress. old race bike setup: 100mm SC32 51mm rake and 100mm rear end

All-new for 2022. Reengineered from the inside-out, the Fox 34 SC enters its second generation for 2022. It still features 34mm diameter stanchions, and it's still primarily designed as a lightweight 120mm travel fork, though it's also available in 100 and 110mm travel configurations too. Compared to the old fork, much of the chassis and ...

Some people say their Trek 29ers handle better with a 120mm fork. I still have a 100mm on mine, but it does feel like it would warrant a 120mm fork. FWIW, putting a 120mm fork on would give you very similar geometry to the Trek Stache. 20mm is not a big deal. Rebas are convertible to 120.

SID: 120mm travel, 35mm upper tubes - the beefy XC/trail option; SID SL: 100mm travel, 32mm upper tubes - the superlight XC race option; We've already spent a load of time on the bigger 120mm travel SID, which blew us away with its supple and progressive suspension performance, as well as its supremely low weight given the big 35mm chassis.

Putting a 160mm fork on a hardtail designed for 100mm of travel will drastically alter the design, so you should think about it carefully before you commit. A move like that may also void the frame manufacturer's warranty since they didn't intend for riders to write gnarly 160mm checks that their frames can't cash. When designers create ...

For 2021 however, RockShox has decided to split the lineup into two distinct fork platforms with two different names; SID SL - The 100mm travel XC race fork with 32mm upper tubes and a seriously low claimed weight of just 1326g. SID - The 120mm travel XC/trail fork with 35mm upper tubes, a beefier chassis and a claimed weight of 1527g.

I have a 2018 Rockshox Recon RL fork that currently has 100mm of travel, but it seems it can be changed to 120mm. I am seeing a lot of conflicting information. The Rockshox service manuals show a spacer that can be removed, but others say you need to buy a whole new Solo Air unit. Additionally, I am seeing lots of different part numbers and ...

All the Specialized Chisel pre-builds come with a 100mm Reba, but since I'm a heavier rider (205lbs - 93kg) I want to put a beefier fork in it, specifically 120mm travel Revelation with the new 35mm stanchions. This means that axle to crown length would increase 25mm and I would probably gain an additional 1 degree of head angle.

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100mm (20) 110mm (6) 120mm (23) 130mm ... These forks range from the XC variety (80-120mm of travel) to trail (120-170mm) to gravity and DH (170-200mm). When shopping for a suspension fork, you want to consider both the bike that you're riding as well as the terrain. If you're riding a full-suspension bike, the fork and rear shock need to ...

So on a 120mm bike that takes 36mm for sag, 18mm for the jumps and drop which leaves you the 66mm in the middle for JRA. Now to finally get around to answering your question about what you should expect. With 66mm of travel to play with my expectation is I should be able to ride over a 2" (50mm) diameter or half buried 4" diameter root or rock ...

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We carry top brands including Fox Racing Shox, RockShox, DVO and Manitou, covering various off-road disciplines. From short-travel XC forks (80-100mm travel) to trail (120-160mm travel) and gravity (170mm and more) and all different wheel sizes, including 27.5 and 29er options, there's one to fit any style of riding.

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DiRt DeViL. 5891 posts · Joined 2003. #10 · Oct 18, 2011. I'm doing the opposite, my bike came with a 100mm (Suntour Radion 29) fork and replaced it with a 120mm (Zocchi 44 TST2 Air). The bike creaks a lot and became twitchy/nervous when climbing but forgiving on the rough stuff, left it at the LBS to reduce the travel to 100mm and have the ...