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I have recently purchased a Nukeproof Mega. This will be my one bike does all. My plan was to build it up with some Fox Talas 36’s. I wanted the adjustability of the Talas so I could put the travel down to 100mm for climbs and then increase it for descending. The Mega is designed to take forks with 150mm to 170mm of travel.
I am experiencing a problem with the Talas 36’s. Because I am a fairly light rider, I don’t need much air in the positive chamber. Because of this low pressure, the forks don’t return and rebound back when I turn the Talas lever from 100mm to 160mm. After speaking with TF, I have found that the Talas 36’s don’t really work for lighter people because of this problem.
Can anyone suggest some alternative forks for me to use instead? I have been looking at the Rockshox Lyrik Uturn and Sektor coil however the travel on these only goes down to 115m / 120mm. I’d ideally want it to go down to 100mm to make the climbs easier. Lightweight would also be good.
Many thanks
You don't [b]need[/b] the forks at 100 for climbing, just MTFU and get on with pedalling and sit forward a bit. FWIW I have 160mm Talas 36 and I rarely wind them down for climbing, I'm just too lazy.
I love adjustable forks, and have 4 sets, but never put them down by more than 10-20mm @ most. Reducing them much further it upsets the angle of the bikes, and cause it to feel like harder work to me (due to the steep seat angle????).
So the new 2 step system from RS is a step backwards for me, U-turn only here.