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[Closed] What frame? 160mm front/120mm rear travel

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The G6 thread got me thinking about it really. At the moment ride a heckler with lyriks. What frames would accomodate the Lyriks but have a 120mm rear (hemlock being one i know of).
30.9 seat tube essential and a MAX of a 68 degree head angle


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 8:11 pm
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Blur 4x will take a Lyric/Fox 36.


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 8:26 pm
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Hemlock, as you say. I'm aware that fanbois are boring so, blah blah, incredibly awesome, blah. Well, it has a 31.6 seatpost. (I'm assuming you've got a dropper seatpost in Heckler-size, some can be converted fwiw)


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 8:30 pm
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Have you considered that a 160mm fork with a 68 degree head angle at rest will be very steep when the fork is compressed? I run 66 degrees on my nomad...


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 8:32 pm
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ewan the heckler is a 69 degree head angle iirc


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 8:34 pm
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Banshee Spitfire.


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 8:35 pm
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I'd get a shorter shock for the heckler. It would lower the bb, lower the travel and slacken the head angle.


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 8:37 pm
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and also cause the wheel to hit the seat tube at full travel


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 8:39 pm
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oh and the bb is low enough


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 8:39 pm
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Orange Blood? 27.2 seatpost though


 
Posted : 29/10/2011 1:25 pm