[chillindrdude]

my dh bike has +8" of rear wheel travel. would it be wierd if i matched it up the front with a 6" 2003 Manitou Slider?

just wondering...

 

[syadasti]

my dh bike has +8" of rear wheel travel. would it be wierd if i matched it up the front with a 6" 2003 Manitou Slider?

just wondering...

Geometry is more important - your bike is designed around a 7" boxxer right? How much shorter is the Slider 6"? Also doesn't the bike have a slack or steep setting - that might help get the geometry right with the slider...

 

[thaflyinfatman]

Geometry is more important - your bike is designed around a 7" boxxer right? How much shorter is the Slider 6"? Also doesn't the bike have a slack or steep setting - that might help get the geometry right with the slider...

Yeah but you might lower the BB to buggery by doing that.

 

[syadasti]

Yeah but you might lower the BB to buggery by doing that.

BB height is part of geometry, no

With a 7" boxxer the BB height is 14.625". Even if the Slider was an 1" shorter, he would still have a higher BB than some of the top WC DH frames at 14.125" - M1, DWDH, etc...

 

[MikeD]

I think the GiantDHRider rides an Intense...

I know the Giant DH works fine with a slider 6"...Blong ran that (and even a 5" SC at one point if I remember correctly). But I think we're talking Intense M1, and unless it's old, I think that might really be too low, no? The 6" slider is a really short fork.

MD

 

[syadasti]

I think the GiantDHRider rides an Intense...

I know the Giant DH works fine with a slider 6"...Blong ran that (and even a 5" SC at one point if I remember correctly). But I think we're talking Intense M1, and unless it's old, I think that might really be too low, no? The 6" slider is a really short fork.

MD

He rides a Chumba F4 with a Boxxer. I've personally ridden his bike.

I traded him at the bottom of a shuttle run - my 24/36 11-32 dual ring trail bike for his DH bike with 38 tooth ring 11-27 (I think?). I then proceed to catch up with and punish an XC rider on the road climb back to to the top

 

[punkassean]

I had a 6" Sherman on my 7" Stinky and I had to get the drop crown to get the proper fork height to maintain my geometry but with the drop crown I could run as much as 8+" of exposed stanchion...So in other words, I think the answer is yes it can be made to work fine but you will need the drop crown. FWIW that fork felt great! It made 6" feel like 8"!