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What is the general change in head angle achieved by increasing fork travel by 10mm for example?
I guess precisely it depends on wheelbase and axle to crown length too but roughly what am I looking at if I go from 140mm to 160mm forks?
Orange 5 by the way.
Any idea?
[url= http://bikegeo.muha.cc/ ]Stick your bikes dimensions into this and you'll find out[/url]
Its on the old side, so QR15 140mm Fox forks aren't in there (try to find something in there with the same A-C) which I believe are 515mm
160mm lyriks and Fox 36s are 545mm (Wotans = 540mm) so assuming your 5 has a 140mm Fox 32 QR or QR15 (511mm or 515mm) then you're looking at an A-C lenth increase of 30-34mm, which is very roughly upto 1.5 degrees slacker from your 67? degree HA. Which sticks it further into the realms of silly slack (for normal riding, though I guess that isn't the point)
EDIT: beaten to it
Jees, just when you think there's a niche in the online calculators market...
Nice!
James - yes, Fox 32 Floats - 140mm
It's a 2006 so has a 70 deg HA. The 2007 frame also has a 70 deg HA and is suitable for 160's so looks like it may take it to 69.
[i]EDIT: beaten to it [/i]
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[i]Jees, just when you think there's a niche in the online calculators market...[/i]
Thats nothing compared to this one...
http://www.bikeforest.com/CAD/bcad.html
My 11 year old is currently learning angles, did you miss these lessons?
Amazing 🙂
Who has the time to write these things?
Looking at 68.3 deg for a Lyrik or Fox 36.
b r - lost my protractor some years ago 🙂
You can also use http://www.bikeforest.com/CAD/bcad.php# which will draw a pretty picture of your bike as well. The non-Pro version is free
Don't forget that some manufacturer geo charts are with sag, some are without sag.