I have a Giant Trance x2 (pretty sure its 2008 or 09)
It currently has Fox F series 32’s with 120mm of travel.

I’d like to add the 15mm axle option and found a set of cheap 32’s but here are the potential problem’s

1. They are 140mm
2. Tapered Steertube.

Will the extra 20mm of travel affect the ride of the Trance much?

The Trance does not have a tapered headtube. It has a zerostack headset.
I can fit a Canecreek 40 EC44 lower cup and fit a tapered fork to this frame. But would this have an adverse affect on the structural integrity of the frame?

Thanks all

You can probably reduce the travel on the forks – give Loco a call.

ah thats another point I’d kinda like to have 140mm of travel just to slacken out the bike a bit. or will this kill the feel of the bike?

You will die.

Horribly.

some of them are sold with 140mm fox 32s anyway so go for it!

I’d be amazed if it caused any problems, people have been putting longer forks on giants for years and you’re only talking about 20mm.

cheers chaps. I’m not really worried about the extra travel more so the tapered sorta bodge that’ll be performed.

GlitterGary will it be a horrible flaming death? or just a slow painful one?

I have a frame that was designed for 120mm –
I put 130mm on it and I’m not dead yet.
I also have more fun on that bike than before. 😯

greeble

I have been running a nuke proof headset to allow the use of tapered forks in a 44mm headset – essentially the same as you will be doing witht he cane creek hedset. I have been using this all summer with no problems to report so far.

The set up will further lengthen the axle to crown lenght by about 10mm so will further slacken the front of the bike.

Definitely a horrible flaming death.

Definitely. 😉

I was thinking the same as Rusty Mac:

as soon as you fit an external bearing lower cup you are adding 10-13mm extra as well as the fork length so you are looking at +30mm.

Check out the A-C measurements of the fork you want to fit compared to the fork you have as not all are the same across makes so a +20mm travel may not be a full +20mm height.

I rode my Trance with pikes on it. It was fine. I assume the person I sold it to is fine, either that or he caused the factory explosion in Surrey by riding it.

well i’ve bit the bullet and the bike is at the lbs having a canecreek lower cup installed so I can run tapered float 32’s.

Why not just swap the lowers of the forks?

Plenty have gone bigger on a Trance than Fox 32s

Why not just swap the lowers of the forks?

because the forks I currently have are f series 32’s
and the new forks are float 32’s 150mm (to be lowered to 140mm)
granted the lowers are identical but the bushing placement is different.
plus the floats have the fit damper

stumbling block…

the lower cup wont fit fully into the frame as headtube isn’t reamed deep enough! doh!

anyone know anywhere in south wales that can ream a headtube?

might be better to trim the cup?

good point i’ll get on the case. the lbs said it was 3mm too long

I used to have a giant vt which was sold with 120mm forks it ran it with 150mm marzocchi and loved it , no problems structure wise, I even took it for a week in the alps with no problems.