Dual crown forks?

[The Flying Dutchman]

My riding is increasingly moving towards DH and with my new EMTB, weigh is becoming less critical-I'm slowly upgrading my rig to reflect this style of riding.

One upgrade I'm curious about is swapping to a DH/dual-crown fork (200mm travel) not so much for the travel but more for the added stability/rigid feel and potential to increase/decrease the offset with different clamps but I'm concerned about having a massive variance of travel front/rear and if these forks will fuck the geometry.


Has any done this or have an educated opinion on the pro's n' con's or tips of such an upgrade?

More info:
Bike: Giant Trance E+ pro1
Current fork: Fox 36 150mm travel
Rear: Fox Float 140mm travel
Me: 6'4 120kgs (I break bikes)

 

[All Mountain Coaching]

Jumping 50mm up front. Ooftie. I'd drop a word to giant to see if the frame could take it.

 

[dirt huffer]

Can't you lower a DH fork to 180 or possibly lower?

I know a guy a few years ago made a mini DH bike from a Titus El Guapo with a lowered dual crown DH fork. I think he had it set to 180 but maybe you can lower one more....

 

[HikerDave]

My riding is increasingly moving towards DH and with my new EMTB, weigh is becoming less critical-I'm slowly upgrading my rig to reflect this style of riding.

One upgrade I'm curious about is swapping to a DH/dual-crown fork (200mm travel) not so much for the travel but more for the added stability/rigid feel and potential to increase/decrease the offset with different clamps but I'm concerned about having a massive variance of travel front/rear and if these forks will fuck the geometry.


Has any done this or have an educated opinion on the pro's n' con's or tips of such an upgrade?

More info:
Bike: Giant Trance E+ pro1
Current fork: Fox 36 150mm travel
Rear: Fox Float 140mm travel
Me: 6'4 120kgs (I break bikes)

MRP Bartlett which comes in 170 mm won’t mess up your geometry too much.

Bartlett

 

[Slowroller]

Somebody here did it with a Kenevo a while back, there's a thread about it somewhere. I'd agree in making sure the frame can handle it, and a lower travel version.

 

[drjarvis2003]

There used to be a rule of thumb that i still stick to, which is that you can get away with 20% increase of travel without causing issues. But that would only give you that option to go to 180mm max.

 

[R120]

The Kenevo is rated for dual crown use by Specilized, so pithing warranty if you put DH forks on it.

You need to check with Giant.