Okay people, a quick vote. Too slack, or cool slack?
Depends what for…. if you were raising the front for working suspension then that will help with DH confidence and obviously take a toll on climbing and to some extend undo lots of your hard work and investment.
If you stick with rigid then I wouldn’t bother … 66-67 works with travel… Jnr’s Full suss Norco had 69 deg before I added the new fork and raised the front by sticking on a tapered fork. I didn’t actually measure the new HA but comparing it to my T-130 with an extra 10mm added to the shock its probably a bit slacker…
My 160mm hard tail 26er is probably closer to that… it is horribly heavy and running a 11-28 but it’s a freakin nightmare on any climbs. (Part of the reason for it is giving me more exercise whilst riding with Jnr but its now getting a challenge to keep up – after a few hours I’m knackered – either I get fitter or I’ll have to fix his brakes to rub)
At some point you might end up doing what I did and just go for 2 bikes?
can fully endorse 10-speed Zee kit, available for a reasonable price, has a very short cage so isn’t in the way of rocks,
Suprisingly despite running the M8000 mech and previously the M780 Jnr (unlike me) has yet to total a rear mech on rocks or roots. The range is a bit pointless when he’s racing DH but it does mean I can swap over wheels easily between bikes. The Zee I had planned is on my only 26er so I don’t have any other wheel choices…