santos79
09-13-04, 12:47 PM
What will be the difference in driving experience between a 80 or 100mm fork (for instance Magura Asgard)?
Mountain Biking - Travel 80/ 100mm
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khuon
09-13-04, 01:11 PM
What will be the difference in driving experience between a 80 or 100mm fork (for instance Magura Asgard)?
One has more travel. :) Seriously, there's a lot more to it than that. It depends on what the frame was designed for but generally speaking a short travel fork will give you more nimble handling at the expense of not being able to soak up as big a hit. This of course assumes the forks in your comparison have equal levels of damping and spring rates. If the frame was especially tuned to an 80mm fork then throwing a 100mm fork on there will relax the steering and jack up the front end. If the frame was designed for a 100mm fork then an 80mm fork will cause the bike to be a little bit twitchy. As far as what's more suitable, you have to evaluate that yourself by taking into account your riding conditions, your riding style, what kind of trails you want to do, etc...
One has more travel. :) Seriously, there's a lot more to it than that. It depends on what the frame was designed for but generally speaking a short travel fork will give you more nimble handling at the expense of not being able to soak up as big a hit. This of course assumes the forks in your comparison have equal levels of damping and spring rates. If the frame was especially tuned to an 80mm fork then throwing a 100mm fork on there will relax the steering and jack up the front end. If the frame was designed for a 100mm fork then an 80mm fork will cause the bike to be a little bit twitchy. As far as what's more suitable, you have to evaluate that yourself by taking into account your riding conditions, your riding style, what kind of trails you want to do, etc...
GreenFix
09-13-04, 01:13 PM
Edit: I need to be faster with my replies. Sorry you got the same lame joke in two posts.
20 mm.
Seriously, it depends on the quality and set up of the fork, and the trails you are riding on. There is a great web page that talks a lot about the mechanics of forks.
http://www.angryasian.com/
Loose Quote from that site "it is not how much travel, but the quality of the travel".
Sorry if this was not that helpful.
20 mm.
Seriously, it depends on the quality and set up of the fork, and the trails you are riding on. There is a great web page that talks a lot about the mechanics of forks.
http://www.angryasian.com/
Loose Quote from that site "it is not how much travel, but the quality of the travel".
Sorry if this was not that helpful.