Looking for advise w.r.t. fork travel upgrade for a Levo MY2018 ShortTravel 29.
Stock 29er front and rear wheel and Rockshox Revelation (FS-RVL-RC-A1) with 120mm travel.
Plan is to upgrade the fork internals to the latet version DebonAir shaft and the RC 2.1 damper.
Question is to what travel the air shaft should be upgraded.
The bike riders are my sister-in-law and my brother. The bike was originally bought for her to accompany him on XC tours. That's still one use case.
The new second use case is that he uses this bike to ride heavier stuff freeride down the hill, as he only owns a XC bike with XC fork and small rims (and a BMW 1200 GS Adventure but that's a different story).
He like to upgrade to 160mm travel (of course).
I worry that this could make the bike wonky and would say to go to 140mm travel, also to retain adequate handling for the first use case, XC tour.
What's your opinion for this case?
140 or 1600mm?
(buying an other bike, selling a bike or buying another fork is not really an option here)
Stock 29er front and rear wheel and Rockshox Revelation (FS-RVL-RC-A1) with 120mm travel.
Plan is to upgrade the fork internals to the latet version DebonAir shaft and the RC 2.1 damper.
Question is to what travel the air shaft should be upgraded.
The bike riders are my sister-in-law and my brother. The bike was originally bought for her to accompany him on XC tours. That's still one use case.
The new second use case is that he uses this bike to ride heavier stuff freeride down the hill, as he only owns a XC bike with XC fork and small rims (and a BMW 1200 GS Adventure but that's a different story).
He like to upgrade to 160mm travel (of course).
I worry that this could make the bike wonky and would say to go to 140mm travel, also to retain adequate handling for the first use case, XC tour.
What's your opinion for this case?
140 or 1600mm?
(buying an other bike, selling a bike or buying another fork is not really an option here)
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