I'm buying a Giant Faith 2 and have heard about a shackle flip. What shackle am I flipping and what are the advantages to this? Does this do anything to the geometry or the ride?
shackle flip
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ah yes.....the link flip debate.
here is my 1 1/2 cents on the flipside
i ran my faith for close to a year with the link stock, the geometry was better than my riding capacity. then i flipped it listening to others. it created a more sloppy feel to the rear, it gives more slack to the suspesnsion. lowers the BB a little but nothing more than an inch.
if you are going to be doing general freeride/DJ type riding, leave it be. if you are going to be doing a ton of downhill in a race format, go ahead and flip it. but know that it is only helping rear shock performance when you flip it. it really isnt changing the geometry much.
here is my 1 1/2 cents on the flipside
i ran my faith for close to a year with the link stock, the geometry was better than my riding capacity. then i flipped it listening to others. it created a more sloppy feel to the rear, it gives more slack to the suspesnsion. lowers the BB a little but nothing more than an inch.
if you are going to be doing general freeride/DJ type riding, leave it be. if you are going to be doing a ton of downhill in a race format, go ahead and flip it. but know that it is only helping rear shock performance when you flip it. it really isnt changing the geometry much.