Mountain Biking - Upgrading a 2008 Diamondback Recoil Comp?

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Early Seven
01-24-11, 08:53 PM
I was thinking of upgrading my 2008 Diamondback Recoil Comp to be able to handle some freeride stuff. It has 4″ of rear travel (Fox Vanilla R Coil). Head angle was 70 degrees on stock fork with 85mm-130mm travel (Rock Shox Tora 289).

Upgrades:
Fork: Fox 36 160mm fork. 20mm thru axle.
Rear Shock: Replace springs with heavier springs (stock spring was 400×2.37).
Cranks: Truvativ Hussefelt 170mm 38T
Stem: Truvativ Hussefelt 40/60mm
Rims:Sun Rhyno Lite (front/back)
Hubs: Chris King ISO (front)/Hadley (rear)
Chain Guide: Truvativ Boxguide Team

What do you guys think? TIA :)

Dannihilator
01-24-11, 11:45 PM
I think this could be a very unbalanced bike. 100mm of rear travel with 160mm fork on it. I'd look into something with a tad less travel, most that would be safe enough to go to is 140mm.

As for hubs, kings are nice but there's better offerings out there for a bit less $$$.
Early Seven
01-24-11, 11:53 PM
I was thinking the same about 160mm. :)

BTW, by "unbalanced" you mean in terms of difference in travel or in the geometry? Wouldn't the stiffer rear shock be enough to compensate for that? Thanks.