Dammit, I thought he meant the Ridemonkey "our".
In the end that would be an epic failure for everyone involved.You should get him to come post here
I'm liking the 160 fork, 155 rear (Trail) mode. Noticeably poppier than Gravity.
I was looking at the shorter 60mm stroke line entries rather than the normal shock stroke 65mm, thanks.
You can change stroke on the '21 DHX2 just by adding/removing spacers on the shock body. Super easy and it only takes a few minutes; I'd say it's ideal for GG bikes if you're going to be swapping setups at all.
Agree, generally, shorter strokes are simply mechanical stops in the shock, to prevent a mechanical bottom out on the frame. The easiest way to get a sense of how a 160mm bike feels at 150mm, just to ride it with 5% less sag, and your ride height / useable travel will be equivalent to 150mm.
Short stroking can work fine, but there are compromises. You're effectively blocking off the end of the travel, so you're also losing some progression. According to Linkage, short stroking the MT in Trail mode to 60mm will be 145mm rear travel. I haven't modeled it in Gravity yet. I ran Gnarvana stays short-stroked for a while and noticed the bottom-out a lot more than when I went to 65mm. Same shocks, same sag percentages. But I like progressive frames with coil shocks, so YMMV.
This is me looking at options for wife's next trail bike, she's currently on a 150/140 27.5 and at 5'10.5" the mullet option gives that clearance for steeps she would appreciate over full 29er. Not a hucker so the 160/65 option is overkill versus the 150/60 #'s.
Definitely. If all you're needing to do is change spring rate there's no need to change stroke. However if you want to toy around with switching to other rear stays (like the Smash), you'll need to change stroke to avoid frame contact issues.
Yeah, good option then. My gut feeling is that Trail mode short stroked will still feel at least as progressive as Gravity with 65mm stroke. You could also just do a mulleted Shred Dogg in Gravity for 150/140. Geo looks excellent on that option.
Geo is close, comes down to wheelbase and chainstays between those two.
Good question. Long story short, the alloy tubing supplier is just getting set to ship us our long back ordered material in the next week, so hoping seatstay kits will be back online by June.
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