What bike is that again Perry? I can tell you from my perspective on _(besides different tubesets)_ the massive difference in how my 2 Banshee's feel compared to one another, geo is identical setup with stock fork lengths. Setup stock with a 130mm fork, the Phantom is so much more of a playful/poppy bike, whereas the Prime feels like a tank, just point and go where you want, especially exaggerated if I run say 2.5"> tyres, the thing can get you into some serious trouble with the amount of confidence it gives.
The Phantom over forked is still way more playful than the Prime, but it's "what it can hit" does increase with the extra 20mm travel how I run it, but still have to be cognoscente of the only 105mm of travel out back - thinking sometimes I should have gone for the 190mm shock over the stock 184 when I recently replaced the shock to take it to just around 120mm travel.
May 18, 2023, 4:16 a.m. - Lynx .
What bike is that again Perry? I can tell you from my perspective on _(besides different tubesets)_ the massive difference in how my 2 Banshee's feel compared to one another, geo is identical setup with stock fork lengths. Setup stock with a 130mm fork, the Phantom is so much more of a playful/poppy bike, whereas the Prime feels like a tank, just point and go where you want, especially exaggerated if I run say 2.5"> tyres, the thing can get you into some serious trouble with the amount of confidence it gives. The Phantom over forked is still way more playful than the Prime, but it's "what it can hit" does increase with the extra 20mm travel how I run it, but still have to be cognoscente of the only 105mm of travel out back - thinking sometimes I should have gone for the 190mm shock over the stock 184 when I recently replaced the shock to take it to just around 120mm travel.