Originally Posted by sparks_219
PS, shouldn't I keep the default travel for my frame? I thought longer travel fork would mess up the geometry of my frame and stress it more??
Going with a longer-travel fork will slacken your head-angle; however, that may be a good thing depending on how you like your bike set-up. I, generally speaking, like a slacker head-tube angle than most bikes stock geometry. You'll have to check with your frame manufacturer to see if a longer travel fork will void the warrantee (assuming that there is a frame warrantee).