I must have missed this thread last week, that’s a good sign I’m working harder…So apologies for being late to the party.
I have a Prophet built up as a bit of a short(ish) travel thrasher for local DH singletrack and a bit of jumping, but also for my occasional forays to the dreaded ‘trail centre’. I’m using a Manitou Swinger 4-Way, 190mm i2i, with TF modified stroke at 44mm. I only run it in the XC position, otherwise I find the BB dangerously low (from a pedal/root clipping perspective). at the front my 36 Floats are reduced to 130mm which gives a very similar a2c height to a Pike at 140mm. Geo is maybe half a degree steeper than a regular Prophet in the FR position.
I’ve got the SPV volume adjust set at minimum to counteract harsh bottom-out and am only running about 25% sag so its lively but able to cope with bigger hits without getting crashy. It pedals really well and the cornering is worthy of cliche. I decided on 120mm travel mainly to contrast more with the 170mm I’ve got on my Gemini. I’ve ridden the Gem twice in the last 4 months….
Looking forward to reading Ben’s thoughts in issue 50