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ovdirtbiker 12-26-09 08:07 PM

Fork change
 
hello, Would i be able to switch out my Marzocchi DJ's and put TRIPLE CLAMP FORK'S on a 06 P.2 cromo?
thanks,

Zephyr11 12-26-09 08:35 PM

Just out of curiosity, for what purpose? Less travel is generally a boon for dirt jumping, since it promotes responsiveness and the bike pumps better. You'll also be limiting how much you can turn your bars for tricks. That'll also be a BIIIG geometry change. You might be better served with a FRHT.

ovdirtbiker 12-26-09 09:11 PM


Originally Posted by Zephyr11 (Post 10191878)
Just out of curiosity, for what purpose? Less travel is generally a boon for dirt jumping, since it promotes responsiveness and the bike pumps better. You'll also be limiting how much you can turn your bars for tricks. That'll also be a BIIIG geometry change. You might be better served with a FRHT.

well bc i want some more travel and i wanted to try them out. but i didnt think of the cons lol. what kind of forks would have more travel and better durability but still have enough turning radious to do tricks and stuff?

MindlessDeviant 12-26-09 09:32 PM

Any longer travel fork is going to throw your geometry off and mess with your turning radius and everything else. The best thing to do is get a fork as close to the original travel length as the one on your bike currently. I wouldnt step up more than 10 or 20mm in fork travel due to adding more stress on the head tube.

mtnbiker66 12-26-09 11:07 PM

Where do I find a triple clamp mountain bike fork?

dminor 12-26-09 11:20 PM

You can, OV; but you'd do well to stick to something shorter like an older Jr. T.

These days, there are single-crowns out there with near the travel and performance of a DC. Look at some of the longer 6-7" SC offerings. They'll be lighter and nearly as laterally rigid.


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