'13 Stumpy Comp Evo Fork Upgrade...

[rj-c]

I'm looking to upgrade from the rock shox RL 32. Fox don't make anything in the 150mm in either 34or 36. Will changing to a 160mm fork ruin the geo of the bike?

 

[Shredden]

10mm of fork change will result in roughly 0.5 degree HA slackening, tiny bit higher BB.

Should improve the descending ability a little, as well as making it a little harder to make the front go where you want on the uphill.

 

[Mr_hANky]

Buy fox 36 floats. they are adjustable internally down to whatever travel you want. Buy the 160's and wack a 10mm spacer in, its super easy to do.

 

[rj-c]

Specialized have a 34mm fox fork on the carbon expert with 150mm travel. Its a USA only bike though & not available from Fox. I wonder if i could order that here?

The 36 float is only available in white (i'd prefer black) What are the main differences between the float and talas? Are there any other brands i should be considering?

 

[Shredden]

What are the main differences between the float and talas?

Float are a fixed travel, the only way to change it is by pulling them apart and putting a spacer in. TALAS can be adjusted between 3 positions on the fly.

 

[ADD]

Talas - adjustable
Float- not adjustable but a better performing fork.

 

[Isildur]

The other thing to consider is the A2C will be taller, for the same amount on travel, between the 32, 34 & 36 platforms. The 34 & 36 are quite similar, but there's a bit of a difference.

For instance, I was looking into what would happen if I changed from my RS Revelation 150s to a Fox Float 36 @ 150mm (adjusted internally), and came up with about 8 - 9mm. That would mean that at the full 160mm, there would be almost 20mm difference, or almost a full degree, between the two forks on my bike.

I'm still considering doing the Float 36 @ 150mm, but the RS Revs are still performing quite well at the moment!

 

[ozimad]

I have put a 34 Talas 160 on my Stumpy EVO. Works a treat

 

[mxh]

Specialized have a 34mm fox fork on the carbon expert with 150mm travel. Its a USA only bike though & not available from Fox. I wonder if i could order that here?

Could that just be the standard 160mm fork with the 10mm spacer?

And as a moan, the carbon expert isn't a 'USA only' bike, it's an 'everywhere else but Australia' bike - NZ, UK, USA all get it, but not Aus. Pity, as I was after one.

What's your impressions of the Comp? Or does the fact that you're already looking at upgrades say something in itself?