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Cool. Glad it worked out.

except for the cranks, the cranks are not cool, you were not exaggerating.

More things to argue about on forums.

In general I think it would be better to take a 27.5 bike and put a shorter travel 29" fork and wheel on it. You can match stack height exactly if you wanted, and it wont affect the intended frame geometry at all.

But take whatever you've got and do some science for us. My prediction is that it the 9mm drop in BB will be quite noticeable because the Honzo is already very low. And if you're using a 120mm fork it will be OK, but much more then that and you'll slacken out the seat angle too much.

You can play around here without having to recall high school math.

https://bikegeo.muha.cc/

How much longer and slacker can it all go?

No snow on CBC, everything is good.

I haven't seen it personally, I just rode up GSM and down deere but that was a few days ago. But in my estimation it should be good by now. SixZeroSixOne just said Dales was good, and that's a little higher.

Empress bypass was closed again today. Might have just been temp for somebody working on it lower down.

Decided I needed to give it a try with a 140mm fork, so I bought RAHriders Pike. It's a great change. I can still climb up all the switchbacks on GSM, which I've decided is my guideline. It doesn't feel like it wanders anymore to me, the only other change I made was sliding my seat to offset SA change. It does feel a little more floppy at inchworm speeds, having slackened 1deg and 7mm of offset but Isn't a serious detriment. Its just the only negative I can notice. The extra bit of travel really gives it confidence. I was always weary of jumps that land into rooty sections and imperfect transitions with 120mm, but it feels much more grounded. That extra bit of travel really feels like it has more to give.

Glad I swapped it. I'd defiantly recommend anyone building a Honzo up to consider 140.

Lower Seymour trails, like John Deere and below are perfect. Could not be in better condition. You can get in a great couple laps of the lower trails.

Empress bypass is also open, and is polished and beautiful. I discovered my brakes weren't working on the first or second berm and flew off it. Still a 10/10 experience.

Great new life in that trail, I even went up again for another lap.

Hardtail riders are kind of like vegans.We're anouying, and we'll let you know. So there's a bit of unequal representation.

I went up golf course, academy, rtc, and down applicator, salamander, sticks and stones today. Short slush sections on the climb but the dirt is good. Looked like too much snow to continue up further, though it may have been one of those big mysterious patches.