Considering upgrading my Fox 34 for a Pike but the bike is a couple of years old and is therefore an obsolete 26er (grrrr).

I don’t see the point of dropping a whole heap of cash on a new fork whose resale value will be trashed if I go the 26″ route, so I’m considering throwing on a 27.5″ fork instead.

A-C is only 5mm difference I believe.I’ll aim at running the Pike at 150mm rather than 160mm

So, how do I figure out what changes that would have on head angle and/or trail?

For reference, the bikes a Knolly Endorphin (2013)

Will I need to get life insurance? 🙂

Given sag and all that i would assume 5 mm will make no difference and head angle will essentially be unchanged by this – technically longer fork will reduce it but its so little i would personally file it under no difference

Been using a 29er fork on my 27.5 Bfe for 12 months now, I’m still alive & breathing…

So yeah, it’ll be fine.

No problem at all. I’ve got a 650B Epicon on my 26″ Soul. No death here either.

I used to run a 650b fork on a 26″ Spitfire. It never killed me to death and it still handled fine.

I’ve run a 650b Pike on my 26″ Zesty for the last 4 years. No issues, loads of mud clearance even on big tyres too!

Ive a 27.5 Pike set at 150mm on my 26″ Bfe and its fine