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this may be a silly question but in theory can i use a 27.5" fork in a bike thats designed as a 29er/27.5+ bike? if so what are the drawbacks. any help/info would be greatly appreciated.
i got the frame and plan to run 29er at some point but as mentioned in an earlier topic there dont seem to be many good deals to be had on 29er/27.5+ forks atm and a mate has some 27.5 pikes going cheap so thought i might go with them for now.
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more likely it will be fine, only one way to find out. I assume you have checked the tyre measurements?
dont think clearance will be much good..
i was planning to run it with 27.5" wheels too as i have a set from another bike that will work so surely clearance wont be an issue as the clearance is based around 29er/27.5+ tyres. it was more a case of will a 27.5 fork on it massively change the geometry and make it not great to ride.
It will be fine. I run a 27.5 frame and fork with 26 wheels and used to have had a 26 fork on their as well. Kayla1 of this parish does the same. I'm sure someone will pop up to say they have done your combo soon
awesome! thanks for the help. means i can get it built up now on the cheap and then at some point in the future convert to 29er/27.5+ setup.
would the bike not end up with a shorter wheel base and lower BB height? in fact.. the chainstays would be set up for a 29 inch wheel tyre combo so will be longer than needed, and the shorter front end will put you more forwards on the bike weight wise...
how much a difference it will make? couldn't say....
The bike will be lower overall and steeper than it was designed for (a couple of cm lower at the bb perhaps). Whether that works depends on whether the geometry is already low and how slack it is, what you want the bike to do etc. You could find a longer travel fork than specified to raise the front up a bit.