YT Capra Owners

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flag Rakeboy
Posted: Sep 7, 2020 at 13:55 Quote
I am looking for some advice. I have a 2018 Capra cf pro race in liquid metal. It came with an xtr rear derailleur and ethirteen cassette. Thankfully swapped these out for an 11 speed gx, works a treat, I now wants lace the bottom bracket, crankset and chainring. Would like carbon and ideally nothing longer than a 170mm and 11 speed. Only problem is I’m having difficulty finding what I’m after? Am I looking for the wrong thing? The bike currently has the carbon trsr cranks and -8mm offset chainring with a bb92. What can you recommend? Would like sram if possible? Any links or recommendations for BB, cranksets or chainrings would be a big help, thanks.
flag watch123
Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 5:14 Quote
Anyone try running 180 in the rear and 170 in the front of a 27.5 Capra? Thinking about putting a coil shock on, but it only comes in 250x75mm vs 250x70mm which I have on there now.
flag jaame
Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 8:51 Quote
As long as there are no clearance issues at bottom out it should be a goer. The static geometry won’t change.
flag Danzzz88
Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 8:56 Quote
watch123 wrote:
Anyone try running 180 in the rear and 170 in the front of a 27.5 Capra? Thinking about putting a coil shock on, but it only comes in 250x75mm vs 250x70mm which I have on there now.


Some of the Capras come with a 250 x 75 shock and 180mm travel as standard so there is no issue. Then maybe invest in a new air shaft for the fork if you want more travel there too, air shafts are only cheap.
flag watch123
Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 9:58 Quote
I was more concerned about how it would feel with 170/180 F/R, not so much the fit (which I had assumed would work as some come with the 75mm already, but thanks for the reassurance).
flag jaame
Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 10:49 Quote
I doubt anyone could tell the difference between 170 and 180 at the back. You will definitely feel the difference between air and coil. Adding 5% of travel? Doubtful, in my opinion.
flag jbess001
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Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 13:36 Quote
watch123 wrote:
I was more concerned about how it would feel with 170/180 F/R, not so much the fit (which I had assumed would work as some come with the 75mm already, but thanks for the reassurance).

I have a Capra 29 that originally came 160/160. When I purchased a new shock a couple months ago I decided to up the travel to 170. It took a couple weeks for me to get around to increasing the fork travel to match — I couldn’t tell a difference at all. Increasing the stroke on the shock doesn’t change the geometry at all.
flag chize
Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 13:47 Quote
watch123 wrote:
I was more concerned about how it would feel with 170/180 F/R, not so much the fit (which I had assumed would work as some come with the 75mm already, but thanks for the reassurance).
I'm doing the same on my capra 29 (the 29er is 160f/170r), works great with no issues
flag Dr-YTMTB
Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 13:59 Quote
watch123 wrote:
I was more concerned about how it would feel with 170/180 F/R, not so much the fit (which I had assumed would work as some come with the 75mm already, but thanks for the reassurance).

I’m admittedly on Jeffsy, but I run 150/160 F/R right now and I can’t feel anything untowards.
flag rpet
Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 14:11 Quote
More travel in rear than front will work OK, however your HA will be steeper, which is not what I would want on the Capra, for my trails.
flag jbess001
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Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 14:14 Quote
rpet wrote:
More travel in rear than front will work OK, however your HA will be steeper, which is not what I would want on the Capra, for my trails.

This is only true if you increase eye-to-eye length. It’s not the case when you increase stroke length, which is what’s being discussed here.
flag watch123
Posted: Sep 13, 2020 at 14:29 Quote
Ok, thanks for all the insight, I think I'll go for it, once I figure out how to change around the mounting hardware.
flag watch123
Posted: Sep 16, 2020 at 9:10 Quote
Anyone know the thread specs for these bolts? Seems like I lost one somehow.
flag chacou
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Posted: Sep 16, 2020 at 10:05 Quote
watch123 wrote:
Anyone know the thread specs for these bolts? Seems like I lost one somehow.

I know they're 8mm x 30mm and 8mm x 40mm
Maybe these would help?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_metric_screw_thread
https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/basic-thread-concepts
flag watch123
Posted: Sep 16, 2020 at 10:22 Quote
chacou wrote:
watch123 wrote:
Anyone know the thread specs for these bolts? Seems like I lost one somehow.

I know they're 8mm x 30mm and 8mm x 40mm
Maybe these would help?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_metric_screw_thread
https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/basic-thread-concepts

Ok, thanks. I'll make sure to bring it with me next time I go to the hardware store (or rather, the store for bolts/fasteners).

 


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