Anyone have a preferred fork (length/travel) setup for a Soul? (i.e. tried a few?)
The quoted 70deg INCLUDES sag @ 25% (Good!) but is that for 100mm or 120mm..
[Of course I can check it with Cotic but interested in others experiences really 🙂 ].
Back story:
Really interested in a Soul.
But I'm getting confused by geometry, don't want to over analyse this, but keen to understand it.
I heard that 1cm under the crown may take 1deg off the head angle.
Looking at other 'trail' bikes like the Whyte 19/905 with 120mm forks, that makes sense (they seems to quote about -2deg off the 100mm equipped 20c/x8's and a 10mm higher BB) [Conclusion same angles longer fork, no changes to frame!?]
I heard that 1cm under the crown may take 1deg off the head angle.
1.7cm actually
120mm rebas - sorted
The quoted 70deg INCLUDES sag @ 25% (Good!) but is that for 100mm or 120mm..
70 degree figure is for 100mm fork
I run my Cotic Soul with a Fox 120mm travel and its angles are exactly as the geek scale on the Cotic web site.
If I were to look for a similar bike I would look at a slightly softer head angle and correspondingly slightly steeper seat angle.
Having said that the Soul weighs in at 23.75 lbs with no carbon bits!
Good bike
Thanks - really useful feedback!
[Thinks out loud]
Hmm to build a sweet Reba's Soul or just buy a (slightly slacker, but taller BB'd) Whyte 19ali/905/19steel..
Never get exactly what you want - but Whytes come close! With Evans 10% off bikes + quidco it's hard to get close to the specs in budget for the Soul..
Hmm and then there is the value king that is Boardman to consider.
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ps missed the geek scale @ cotic - thanks for that