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Ok I've just bought a orange five frame with fox Kashmir rp23 rear shock,what's the best set up for the rest of the bike please,I'm thinking about going single ring on the front but not too sure. What forks and other bits is the best set up.
Thanks garry.
Depends where you ride and what you want to do with it really. Up here in the frozen North I wouldn't be without my granny ring, but then I enjoy climbing and like to spin up rather than grind up. We're all different.
The geometry seems to work best (at least for me) with a Fox 140mm fork, but obviously any fork with he same (or similar) A-C is going to give the same geometry.
Other than that it's the usual, price, weight, strength triangle to play with i.e. you can build it light and strong, or light and cheap, or cheap and strong, but not all three.
Another northern rider here - Pennines and Lakes. Just built mine with 150mm Black Box Revelations (20mm axle), Stans Arch EX, Thomson 50mm stem, Chromag OSX bars, tubeless Rubber Queens, 2x10 SLX/XT Shadow+ mix, XT brakes, Superstar Ultra Mag flats. Weighs in at just over 29 lbs. After around 100 hours of riding, all things considered, it's the fastest, most fun and most versatile bike I've owned in 18 years, and not a single thing has gone wrong or needed swapping or adjusting (apart from tubes and tougher tires for a Lakes trip, since the Rubber Queens punctured every 5 minutes).
Proper north here (Scotland 😉 ) and have it setup with a 160mm Fox 36. Work perfectly for what I want to do with it. Still weighs around 29lbs too.
So now you've been recommended 140, 150 & 160mm up front - hope that helps 😉
It's a 2009 frame the forks aren't tamped for that frame are they?
Don't know what 'tamped' means but in 2009 there was an 'AM' version that ran Fox 160's. Maybe not so good for climbing ?
My experience is a 140 or 150 fork is fine for all round duties, that's what i've been using on previously an 09 frame and more recently a 2011.
I can only guess "tamped" = tapered maybe. (in which case, no not on a 2009)
Mine's a 2011, 140mm 'zochi 44RC3ti fork, CCDB coil shock, Flows on Pro2s, 2x9 double and bash (mixture of SLX/XT & Saint), DRS chain device, XT brakes, SS Nano flats, wide bars/short stem.
Not amazingly light but plenty capable for Lakes & Calderdale stuff.
Just right for round here but your build needs to reflect where you're going to ride.
I run a single ring (34t) 10 speed with a 140mm fox float fit fork. Am considering going to 160mm fork though
140mm Floats and a 1x10 setup on mine. Short stem and wide bars (50mm and 780mm). The 1x10 can be hard on some climbs, but not pushed anywhere yet and I like the simplicity. Also I personally find a dropper post to be possibly the most valuable thing on the bike. Ride mostly in the Peak District. I think anything more than 150mm up front on a Five may jeopardise its climbing ability.
Riding mostly in Calderdale as I live in Todmorden.
Calderdale = you'll be needing a granny ring then. Either that or hiking boots.
It really does depend on what you want it to do.
I've a 2009 five and originally had stock set for a while.
I live in calderdale too but didn't do epic day rides but preferred messing about in the woods, and sessioning rocky stuff etc..
I've gone coil both ends with 160 forks. It's great for the riding i like but it's heavy and so not great for long hauls. I'd wouldn't have a problem going back to air forks and to 140's (as front doesn't hold lines aswell at speed with 160's) but I would keep coil rear...makes a big improvement IMO.
Oh, and defo keep 2 front rings.