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Over-Forking Geometry Changes
Question: @lyfcycles asks in the All Mountain, Enduro & Cross-Country Forum: Are there any hard numbers on what over forking a bike by 10mm does to the geometry, HA, BB height, STA etc? I’m looking at picking up a 2020 Top Fuel 8 but immediately replacing the fork. Trek says the frame is designed to be able to take a 130 and since I’m buying a fork anyway I thought maybe I’d get a 34 and just have the air springs for 120 and 130. Just trying to get an idea on how much it is going to slack out the HA and STA mostly.
Long forking is brilliant. More party up front and potentially more aggressive geometry come from it. But it really depends on the bike’s standard geometry as to whether it will work and how much it would change the geometry by.
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