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I've read a few articles recently and had a few discussions about riding bikes and I'm starting to wonder if fork length doesn't make as much difference as the media marketing machine might make out.
I personally run a Soul with 130mm fork and have been thinking about moving to a longer fork (not on the same frame) but I'm starting to think that I'll be able to ride what I want to (steeper more technical trails) on this bike rather than getting something with longer forks.
What's the collectives thoughts on this? (BTW - I still want a set of 160mm forks but the more I've looked into it the less I can justify it)
I suppose what I mean is if you had two bikes one with 100mm forks and one with 160mm forks but same geometry - would there be any difference?
Front end would be higher on the 160mm ones? More dive when you brake or hit a jump?
100mm fork with a slack head angle would surely be better?
its the dynamic geometry that matters, not static