Banshee Wildcard Dual Crown

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Banshee Wildcard Dual Crown
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flag craig1215
Posted: May 18, 2010 at 18:41 Quote
I own a banshee wildcard and i was wondering if a dual crown forks would be alright on it?
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Posted: May 19, 2010 at 2:40 Quote
why'd you do that.. its a light SS/Fr bike and in case you dont wanna lose your warranty you should stick to a max 180mm single crown fork
flag nut-case
Posted: May 19, 2010 at 6:56 Quote
maybe an older dual crown forkk w 180 mm
flag Schism
Posted: May 19, 2010 at 7:27 Quote
It's more about the travel than the amount of crowns. Something light and not too big like a Manitou Dorado should be alright
flag craig1215
Posted: May 19, 2010 at 11:09 Quote
how would an 2005 180mm boxxer be?
flag nut-case
Posted: May 19, 2010 at 14:31 Quote
ok i guess.. and i am guessing..

but why would you mess it up with a dual crown?
flag Schism
Posted: May 19, 2010 at 18:03 Quote
People run double crowns on hardtails all the time, a 180mm fork on a wildcard isnt that strange at all. the a2c on a 180mm boxxer is going to be less than, say, a totem.
flag cranbrookdan
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Posted: May 19, 2010 at 18:09 Quote
leave the fork on their it came with... putting a dual crown fork on is just going to rake the piss out of it, make it handle like pooh, and you'll probably snap the headtube off. the bike is set up for a certian crown to axle height, going much bigger changes the head tube angle too severely, and thats when you get into front tire hitting you in the face territory. If you wanted a dual crown fork, shoulda bought a dh rig.
flag craig1215
Posted: May 19, 2010 at 18:50 Quote
nosebleed wrote:
leave the fork on their it came with... putting a dual crown fork on is just going to rake the piss out of it, make it handle like pooh, and you'll probably snap the headtube off. the bike is set up for a certian crown to axle height, going much bigger changes the head tube angle too severely, and thats when you get into front tire hitting you in the face territory. If you wanted a dual crown fork, shoulda bought a dh rig.

it is made for a 180mm fork so wouldnt a 180mm dual crow fork be fine
flag Schism
Posted: May 19, 2010 at 18:54 Quote
yes he is just retarded. people wouldnt be pissy if you put a totem on, and that would rake out the bike and be more likely to snap the headtube than a 180mm boxxer. dont know why you would want to put such an old fork on such a nice bike though. get a fox 36.
flag Schism
Posted: May 19, 2010 at 18:56 Quote
nosebleed wrote:
leave the fork on their it came with... putting a dual crown fork on is just going to rake the piss out of it, make it handle like pooh, and you'll probably snap the headtube off. the bike is set up for a certian crown to axle height, going much bigger changes the head tube angle too severely, and thats when you get into front tire hitting you in the face territory. If you wanted a dual crown fork, shoulda bought a dh rig.

try reading posts instead of being a retard. a 200MM BOXXER is only 2 MM higher than a 180MM TOTEM therefore a 180MM BOXXER will have a LOWER A2C than a totem. f*ck.
flag craig1215
Posted: May 19, 2010 at 19:04 Quote
Schism wrote:
yes he is just retarded. people wouldnt be pissy if you put a totem on, and that would rake out the bike and be more likely to snap the headtube than a 180mm boxxer. dont know why you would want to put such an old fork on such a nice bike though. get a fox 36.

Thanks for the help
flag sagetthegreat
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Posted: May 20, 2010 at 18:53 Quote
Dude, theres nothing around here for you to need that much travel, i rarely even use my fork all the way out to 160, youre gonna ruin the bike man, its possible, but not advisable, you should have gotten a scythe or something if you wanted to put a dual crown on it.
flag Infiltrator
Posted: May 20, 2010 at 18:58 Quote
craig1215 wrote:
nosebleed wrote:
leave the fork on their it came with... putting a dual crown fork on is just going to rake the piss out of it, make it handle like pooh, and you'll probably snap the headtube off. the bike is set up for a certian crown to axle height, going much bigger changes the head tube angle too severely, and thats when you get into front tire hitting you in the face territory. If you wanted a dual crown fork, shoulda bought a dh rig.

it is made for a 180mm fork so wouldnt a 180mm dual crow fork be fine
for what it's worth, most single crown forks have a taller axle to crown height than a dual crown with the same ammount of travel. that means that a single crown will rake it more. Did you know that the 2010 boxxer (200mm travel dual crown) has an A2C measurement a whole 3 millimeters longer than the 2010 totem (180mm travel single crown)?
flag sagetthegreat
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Posted: May 20, 2010 at 18:59 Quote
Yeah but it's still not really logical to run a fork over 160mm on a wildcard, 160 suits it so well.
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