Thread: Why choose less fork travel?
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Old 05-06-05, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Al.canoe
I would have done what you propose except it requires dismantling the entire fork and installing a plug. I believe you do lose an inch in length. Since the fork is so perfect the way it is and the overall bike (Stumpjumper) handles so well on everything I ride in N Florida, Tennessee (Ocoee) and N Georgia (Unicoi, Tsali, Ft Mountain, Bull Mountain complex) I really want to keep things as they are except for experimenting with new tires now and then. The Fox Float 100 RLC was the best $500 I've ever spent on mountain biking.


Al
That's the fork I've been oogling, though I don't have a frame worthy of it, yet.
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