I had a set and as others have said would forget to change them and found myself at the bottom of gnar with the forks at their min setting.
My TALAS and Lyriks used to fail very frequently and would get stuck in the extended position - eventually I got fed up with the servicing/interruption off the bike and left them that way.
I don't have issues with the front wandering with long forks - once you get used to it its not a problem - its only when you continually change the travel that you have issues climbing.
If a handlebar remote operated version came out I'd probably give it another go.
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Talas Forks do you even bother adjusting?
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I'm kind of tempted to mess around with my u turn pikes on my mmmbop now I have seen this thread.. I've just always ran them at 140.
I don't use the motion control lockout thing anymore though, I don't trust it after all the fluid leaked into the lower leg. Takes an hour to fix, and I'd rather not again.. Plus I can't trust myself to remember that I have the fork locked out before hitting something...
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It will leak again, well known fault. Got to do mine again for the fourth time. TFTuned claim to have a permenant fix.
As for TALAS forks, change the travel setting all the time on mine, on the fly. Love them.
If a handlebar remote operated version came out I'd probably give it another go
That would be really nice.
My TALAS and Lyriks used to fail very frequently and would get stuck in the extended position
My TALAS went through a phase of doing the opposite, starting at the top of a descent at 140mm and dropping to 100m half way down, caused a few over the bars incidents. Since fixed and not happened again.
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ive had 4 (i think) different sets of travel adjust forks and found them to be a pointless faff everytime.
yes they do change the geometry but i much prefer the fork to be set right and then just ride the bike,
i probably dont ride hard enough, fast enough or care enough tho.
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Yep
Nope
My bike rides fine at 140mm, feels weird dropped down. Only got them because they were cheap, otherwise would have bought a float or van.Posted 5 months ago # -
All of my forks have a travel adjust on them and yes I do use it frequently. My Rockshox forks are a pain, but after a few years of using them I do know how many turns equate to the travel amount I need. A Two step or three step adjust would be nice though.
I've a set of Wotans with Flight Control which works well in principle but is a faff to use, so I invariably leave them at 160mm travel.
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I have used Talas on my 2007, 2008/2009, 2011 36. 100/130/160 and the new 120/160. So you could say I like Talas
100mm was only used on smooth but mega steep climbs (too low a BB for technical climbs)
130mm was used for some less challenging trails
160mm for the downs120mm mega steep climbs
160mm everything elseConclusion: Good climbing has more to do with bike geo and suspension set up. Talas is just a bonus.
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I ride a chumba xcl, which climbs like 3 legged giraffe at 160mm. I use the travel adjust quite a bit. 130mm for local stuff, wind it in and out for more gnarly stuff and 160mm for DH.
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Is it just me or do they make the bike feel draggy and slow when you drop them to short travel setting?
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not everyone is a total nerd when it comes to bikes. I find it amazing just how many anoraks there are in this world,
hardly being a nerd or anorak, just surprised that someone who rides bikes, and frequents a bike forum, doesn't have a passing interest in how the kit has developed over the last decade.
Even reading a few mags or reviews you would have come across them surely?
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crotchrocket, this is a myth and also true. ETA on some frames used to feel like the front brake was on.
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I'd add to my previous post actually by saying:
actually who cares if you've heard about hem before or not, you're right about this place, occasionally you can learn something and if you can read between the egos and purchase justification of some posters then you will actually get some information on kit from real world users rather than the marketing departments and journos.
FWIW - I do like my travel adjustable forks, but I wouldn't recommend them for every bike, or every rider. They tend to suit bikes with a bit of a spilt personality where you can flip between 'hooligan' and 'mince' modes depending on how you build them.
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Scruff> ETA?
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Is it just me or do they make the bike feel draggy and slow when you drop them to short travel setting?
I've found that as well. Also I find that the fork peforms differently in each travel setting.
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First time iv used Fox Talas forks last night and made a difference on the climbs at Llandegla, more the long steep climb on the Red to switch from 150mm to 120mm, just nice to have that option.
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Debating getting some Talas forks on a Canyon nerve AM. Was thinking for days of lighter stuff running them on a higher pressure, and days of bigger hits slightly lighter. I was presuming running on the 120 for long periods of time (ie not just climbing) setting wouldn't do the fork much good. Is that a wrong assumption?
Having read this forum it seems I can just run on the 120 setting on the more XC days for long periods of time, and increase to 150 on proper AM days. Any thoughts?
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