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I know a lot of riders my size or heavier - who aren't racing XC - who prefer
to take a bit of a weight penalty and run a more robust chassis. I have
happily run 140mm Fox 34 Float forks or my 140mm Auron lowered to 100mm or
120mm on Shore-XC bikes since ~2012. It is a marked improvement compared to a
Fox 32 or a SID for example.
Specifically in the case of Suntour - and the reason I mention 100mm - a
number of their sponsored dirt jumpers were running the previous (26″)
generation Durolux lowered to 100mm travel for that application.
Just because the majority of potential customers would only run this fork as a
180mm, 170mm, or 160mm fork doesn't mean it doesn't bear mentioning that the
skies the limit in terms of travel adjustment and I think it's reasonable to
use my discretion to include such details.
Oct. 27, 2016, 11:51 p.m. - DrewM
#!markdown I know a lot of riders my size or heavier - who aren't racing XC - who prefer to take a bit of a weight penalty and run a more robust chassis. I have happily run 140mm Fox 34 Float forks or my 140mm Auron lowered to 100mm or 120mm on Shore-XC bikes since ~2012. It is a marked improvement compared to a Fox 32 or a SID for example. Specifically in the case of Suntour - and the reason I mention 100mm - a number of their sponsored dirt jumpers were running the previous (26″) generation Durolux lowered to 100mm travel for that application. Just because the majority of potential customers would only run this fork as a 180mm, 170mm, or 160mm fork doesn't mean it doesn't bear mentioning that the skies the limit in terms of travel adjustment and I think it's reasonable to use my discretion to include such details.