Returned to racing this season and my new Trek came with 80mm forks and it just doesn't seem to be enough for the courses we race on. If i changed to 100mm forks i'm pretty sure it'll ahag the front end – what do you guys ride up front travel-wise?

I've just switched my Zion back to 100mm forks having run 80mm on it for a few months. Still not absolutely sure which I prefer on it.

0 mm

Barry Bethel – Member

0 mm

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100

100mm I have all travel adjust and often had it set to XC- which gave about 35mm of travel. But the courses have changed so much I'm now sometimes using the full 100mm at all mountain setting i.e soft.

yer always 100 for me but often fiddle with set up depending on course.

100mm on my Scott Scale.

That looks like a very long 80mm on that ^^ bike?

Plus you could loose the extra 20mm by flipping the stem, which would look proper race style! 8)

A mate suggested i flip the stem but thats just wrong! 😆

80mm on the hardtail, 100mm on the full sus. 0mm in the mud bike.

Oh, and a 'race' hardtail always looks better with the stem flipped!

0mm…rigid both ends!

130mm. What's the point in less?

I think flipped stems are 100% right, all the time, assuming they don't turn the bike into a death trap of course.

Whats the reasoning in a flipped stem? Pros and cons?

100mm 🙂

140 mm for me on my crush

Jamesy – Member

140 mm for me on my crush

Bloody hell, do you race on that Jamesy?

dufresneorama – Member
Whats the reasoning in a flipped stem? Pros and cons?

Looks racy. Gives you 0.003% aerodynamic advantage. Makes you grimace.

Nah but long days in the hills aren't a problem I'm use to my.bikes being slack its just the way I like them

Don`t race,but i have 80 and a flipped stem.

130mm baybeeeeee

woop woop. It's like a chopper

100mm and fully flipped.

depends if I remeber to wind the u thingy in and out. 95 – 140 ( on a frame meant for 80) Or 100 on my commuter

0 mm on either end 🙄

80mm on my Whyte and now considering flipping the stem over… 😕

140mm & I race on it.

unless you're bottoming out the 80mm forks on a semi-regular basis you're not going to see any advantage from 100mm forks

0mm both ends plus a flipped stem ………Rad to the max 🙂

140mm. It's the new 100mm

130, 140 is talent-compensating territory.

80mm (I think :lol:)

130

unless you're bottoming out the 80mm forks on a semi-regular basis you're not going to see any advantage from 100mm forks

That's not true at all, whether he bottoms them out is a function of how hard he's running them! I ran 100 on the last couple of hardtails I had, have you been inside the fork to see if it's a 100mm one anyway, I can't remember on those?

90mm – plenty enough for me.

Is having short travel for racing more about minimising bob, or minimising weight?

Dufresneorama, I just suggested flipping the stem as it would allow you to maintain the same handlebar height, but run more travel, as the OP obivously didn't want to upset the 'shape' of the bike.

On road bikes however it is a sin to flip the stem up, looks far too practical and relaxed! 😀

140 on my P7 – I agree 130+ is the new 100! 100mm is sooooo last year!

130mm z1 freerides since 2003 on the hummer