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So I’m looking at buying one of the above forks for the bike I’m building for my nephew. It’s in 140mm format, but I really want 130mm - but it’s a bargain.
How do I reduce the travel on these - is it by adding all mountain spacers? If so I’m assuming the fork won’t come with any spares - anybody found any places selling these just in one’s rather than a kit for £15?
If it's like the 26er solo air forks I have, you need a new (sorter) airshaft
For the sake of 10mm (or 8mm with sag), Id not worry. Id certainly try them on the bike before going about reducing.
Looking at the Sram user guide all the Recons have all travel spacers on the air shaft. I think the one I’ve ordered is a 2018-2020 Recon Gold RL Boost Soloair.
The frame is designed for 120mm travel with 130mm said to be ok. So ideally I think I’d drop the travel to 130mm but it’s a budget bike for my nephew so don’t want to spend anymore money than I have to. Although it’s going to be a pretty decent first proper mtb I reckon.
Just in case anyone finds this thread I t the future - I managed to add another all mountain spacer and the fork is now 130mm travel which is more inline with what the frame was designed around (and probably slightly lowers the standover height).
To go any lower I’d have needed a new airshaft as there’s a different one that covers 100-120mm travel in a recon.