Fork travel vs head angles

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flag cardonethebear
Posted: Sep 12, 2013 at 12:10 Quote
I'm currently riding a dirt jump bike ('11 Dobermann pinscher) for my everything bike (I raise the seat for xc/am and slam it for dj). Right now Im running a fork with 100mm of travel but am thinking about going up to 130mm. The head angle is 72. How much would this really affect the riding?
flag adamjimny
Posted: Sep 12, 2013 at 16:19 Quote
Head angle would be roughly 70 degree. Bottom bracket would be half inch higher
flag cardonethebear
Posted: Sep 12, 2013 at 17:08 Quote
adamjimny wrote:
Head angle would be roughly 70 degree. Bottom bracket would be half inch higher
Thanks man I appreciate it!
flag cardonethebear
Posted: Sep 15, 2013 at 12:03 Quote
nickTHEBEARcardone wrote:
adamjimny wrote:
Head angle would be roughly 70 degree. Bottom bracket would be half inch higher
Thanks man I appreciate it!
What about a 160mm?
flag adamjimny
Posted: Sep 16, 2013 at 3:08 Quote
would be about 68-68.5 degress ish but be carefull and make sure the frame can take such big forks as it can stress the frame too much
flag cardonethebear
Posted: Sep 16, 2013 at 10:18 Quote
adamjimny wrote:
would be about 68-68.5 degress ish but be carefull and make sure the frame can take such big forks as it can stress the frame too much
That's true. Probably gonna stick with what I got for right now. What did you use to get the angles?
flag adamjimny
Posted: Sep 16, 2013 at 13:03 Quote
worked out the difference from previous bikes that when i went from 160mm forks to 140mm head angle went a degree steeper. and vice versa. it doesnt change much but its very noticeable
flag cardonethebear
Posted: Sep 16, 2013 at 14:28 Quote
adamjimny wrote:
worked out the difference from previous bikes that when i went from 160mm forks to 140mm head angle went a degree steeper. and vice versa. it doesnt change much but its very noticeable
ohhh ok
flag parkourfan
Posted: Sep 30, 2013 at 18:46 Quote
I went from an 80mm to a 120mm on my first hardtail. Certainly slackened it out and made it more aggressive. A longer travel fork, like going from 100 to 160 would put lots of leverage on your top tube, could cause undue stress and break your frame. Play it safe, and keep it within an inch or so.
flag cardonethebear
Posted: Oct 6, 2013 at 12:05 Quote
parkourfan wrote:
I went from an 80mm to a 120mm on my first hardtail. Certainly slackened it out and made it more aggressive. A longer travel fork, like going from 100 to 160 would put lots of leverage on your top tube, could cause undue stress and break your frame. Play it safe, and keep it within an inch or so.
Thanks man I appreciate it
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