Hi Guys!
I'm new here, and I would like to receive a few advice regarding a fork upgrade which I am about to do on my bike.
I currently have a Canyon Nerve XC 7.0, year 2012, which is a trail bike with 120mm travel on the front and on the back.
I use the bike for aggressive trail/AM, and since I'm quite disappointed with the Fox Float 32 which is currently installed on the bike, I was thinking of upgrading it, both in travel and quality.
1) Quality wise, I'd go for a Sektor RL or a Revelation RL, and I can't decide between the two. Yet, given the big price difference, I'd rather stick to the first one - which is supposed to be very good - than to the rev. I know rev is a great fork, but is it worth the extra money? I can get a Sektor RL 2014 brand new for 220€, whereas the Rev RL would cost at least 360/370€. Price difference is quite significant, and probably not worth it. But correct me if I'm wrong.
2) Travel wise, I can't decide between installing a 130mm fork, or a 140. I'm not too concerned to mess up with the geometry, but what does concern me is the risk to crack the frame.
The A2C length of the Fox 32 120mm that I currently have, is 491mm. However, Canyon recommends installing a fork of 500mm +- 5, so the range would be between 495 and 505.
Both the Sektor and the Rev @ 130m would be long 509mm, which I think is totally fine. Consequently, at 140 the forks would be long 519mm.
Do you guys reckon that putting a 519mm A2C long fork on this frame would be too much, even if the travel would only go up by 2cm? Or do you think is fine?
The angle would change by about 1.5°, from 69.5 to 68. I think this would be fine, as right now I feel that the bike is weight is a bit too much on the front wheel, to my taste.
What about the frame though? Is it really going to crack with such a small change?
Cheers!
Gianluca
I'm new here, and I would like to receive a few advice regarding a fork upgrade which I am about to do on my bike.
I currently have a Canyon Nerve XC 7.0, year 2012, which is a trail bike with 120mm travel on the front and on the back.
I use the bike for aggressive trail/AM, and since I'm quite disappointed with the Fox Float 32 which is currently installed on the bike, I was thinking of upgrading it, both in travel and quality.
1) Quality wise, I'd go for a Sektor RL or a Revelation RL, and I can't decide between the two. Yet, given the big price difference, I'd rather stick to the first one - which is supposed to be very good - than to the rev. I know rev is a great fork, but is it worth the extra money? I can get a Sektor RL 2014 brand new for 220€, whereas the Rev RL would cost at least 360/370€. Price difference is quite significant, and probably not worth it. But correct me if I'm wrong.
2) Travel wise, I can't decide between installing a 130mm fork, or a 140. I'm not too concerned to mess up with the geometry, but what does concern me is the risk to crack the frame.
The A2C length of the Fox 32 120mm that I currently have, is 491mm. However, Canyon recommends installing a fork of 500mm +- 5, so the range would be between 495 and 505.
Both the Sektor and the Rev @ 130m would be long 509mm, which I think is totally fine. Consequently, at 140 the forks would be long 519mm.
Do you guys reckon that putting a 519mm A2C long fork on this frame would be too much, even if the travel would only go up by 2cm? Or do you think is fine?
The angle would change by about 1.5°, from 69.5 to 68. I think this would be fine, as right now I feel that the bike is weight is a bit too much on the front wheel, to my taste.
What about the frame though? Is it really going to crack with such a small change?
Cheers!
Gianluca