I have been hovering over the ac for some time, now there appears to be a big gap between 120 and 160mm travel though? Kind of think 160 is too much for almost everything I do, apart from the occasional alps trip I suppose….
The 2013 AC can be run with a fork from 140mm to 160mm and has rear travel that can be set at either 140mm or 150mm. With a 150mm (typically 32mm stanchion) fork the head angle will be about half a degree slacker than last year but the top tube lengths have been extended by 15mm so you can run a shorter stem for the same reach. The BB height will only change by a couple of mm. Some riders had already been running their ACs with 160mm forks for Alps trips (including Mark Alker from this parish) so it’s good that the warranty now covers this use. The other changes to the design mean that the weight change is negligible.
I’m going to be ordering my Pinion equipped AC really soon.