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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: Alex on February 18, 2004, 04:29:32 am

Title: Fork Travel
Post by: Alex on February 18, 2004, 04:29:32 am

What is the max travel of fork that could be put onto 98 Proflex 4000

Title: Re: Fork Travel
Post by: Prowler on February 18, 2004, 07:21:31 am

6" is about the longest stroke fork I have seen mounted on one.

Here's some builds to give you an idea.

http://home.earthlink.net/~mtnk2biker/evo_bikes.html

Title: Re: Fork Travel
Post by: Alex on February 18, 2004, 08:50:15 am

Thanks   [smiley=laughing.gif]

Anyone have any opinions about Marzocchi Z.1 Drop Off Shocks, 2000

Title: Re: Fork Travel
Post by: Ionit on February 18, 2004, 09:45:06 am

You could put a fork as long as you want on the bike but doing so will obviously change the geometry. my forks on my 4500 are about 15.25"and provides a 71 deg HT I don't see anything wrong by going up to 16.25" the HT angle will only decrease (70,69,68)
Try some mock test on your bike with some simple math.

I would never decrease with fork length. It will only make the bike unsteady. This I doubt would happen with todays suspension lengths.

I wouldn't worry about it so much. Pick a fork acording to your riding style and the classification of your bike. In your case it would be inbeatween XC and light FR.