Yes, another Cotic thread – seem to be rather a lot of those at the moment…..even Cy’s probably getting bored of seeing them 🙂
I’m thinking of changing my 456c for a Soul. I have Marzocchi 140mm fork that I want to keep, but I gather the collective wisdom is that 120mm it best for the Soul. But then, if the frame has the same geo as the BFe, surely 140mm is not going to screw up the handling too badly, and I’d rather not be carrying around the extra 1lb of steel of the BFe if I don’t have to.
…but will it be a bit on the flexy side when cornering / braking with the longer forks? I weigh 11stone, and will use wide-ish bars. Riding will be trail riding not racing, and whilst I”m not shy of going down hills swiftly I’ll not be ‘sessioning the jump spot or boosting the phat gnar’ etc.
Would be great to hear opinions from those who’ve ridden the bike at the upper end of the travel range, or even better, if anyone has ridden both the Soul and BFe? Ta in advance…