I would not get hung up on offset -- get the best fork you can in terms of performance at the best price. There are deals out there and I'd not pass one up just to run fashionable offset. I've had not a single issue with regards to stability, handling or anything else with my dinosauric 51mm offset ribbon.
Exactly! Here's a picture of why it's so incredibly important. You have to really squint to see it.What about one with an offset that actually affects handling?
what size is the pistola shock? 210*52.5 or 210*55? The secret menu has gone missing
Yep, 210x55. The secret menu hiccup was part of moving over to the new website with a new back end. It should be online again sometime soon.what size is the pistola shock? 210*52.5 or 210*55? The secret menu has gone missing
The difference of course being, shitty tire designs compared to legit tire designs actually matter. This is like arguing that 26.1" wheels are shit tonnes better than 26" wheels.
Shit tons? I never said that.
God damn it, I want to get drunk and argue about this, but I'm way off the back on the drunk part. Gimme a couple hours to get right, then my erudite comments will have some real sting to them.
As I stated on the new whip thread, having a 37mm offset fork and adding a -2° headset on my not-so-modern-now 467mm reach bike has been the most noticeable and enjoyable change I've made in the last two years. Given the lack of testing in more demanding and gravity oriented tracks, my tamer local ones are now much more fun when ridden at higher speeds.
Google says there was only a 2-4mm offset difference between 26 and 27.5 forks, so it's there but not a huge difference especially if you're changing travel or fork at the same time, it might go unnoticed.
Yeah, I did adjust travel to make things less different. Oh well, I'm still going to get plowed and yell at night clouds.
yeah, i noticed little difference when i futureproofed and went from a 26 float to a 27.5 float with my tinywheel. didn't bother to check offset because i didn't give a fuck.
oh its for sure a badass bike. but this is the internet, we gotta find something to criticize.
I have no such optimism for summer park riding, but I do really dig the Gnarvana. Smash isn’t quite enough of a change to motivate me to actually swap the parts around on my Pistola, that would ended up either being a permanent change and leave me way overbiked most of the time, or I’d do it one time and then leave the Smash parts on the shelf forever. This is enough of a change that I could talk myself into actually doing it before going to the park, and then undoing it again when I got back to my local trails.
I know a few people have done that, but it's always experimental to see what clears the seat tube at bottom out. Irregardless of clearance, 65mm of stroke on The Smash creates just under 155mm of travel, iirc.
FWIW, I just measured the Smash I have on hand right now (size 3, with a 2.3 DHR2 on the back). At the point that the tire hits the seat tube, the eye to eye spacing measures 160mm, with the shock in crush mode. So that combo should clear a 65mm stroke shock.
That sounds like The Smash is your jam.
