How much travel do you use?

[@nDr3w]

hey all,
just wondering how much travel you guys use for freeriding/hucking
and the like.
also, what forks/shocks do you use?
cheers:D

[rabatt]

6" front, 0" back,
i used to ride a 4" fork on a xc hardtial(the one in my avatar), i think the biggest huck i did on that was about a 7 foot drop and 10 foot gap.

hardtials are a lot cheeper, if i had the money i would get a banshee chapparel 7" rear(it comes with ether a fox or manitu, not sure) and maby a manitu travis (i think there 7") or if marzochi makes 7" single crown forks then id get one of them,
7" is about the max id go, any more and it's to hard to peddle.

[norco_atomik]

im getting a norco atomik it has 170 mill on the front and back,
the forks are marzochi super t's and the rear shock is a fox dhx-3 pro pedal.

[conlondaniel]

ive got a norco vps shore, adjustable 6"/7" back with FOX Vanilla RC 2.5 shock, and 7" front Marzocchi Super T forks

[Dim]

i use all of my travel

[hardinge915]

05 Norco Shore 7-8" travel and 8" front with 888's... use it all

[Binaural]

2004 Iron Horse SGS team, 7" on the front and 8.25 on the back. I use all my travel from time to time, but generally I am pretty happy with the amount I have (mostly DH and a bit of urban tomfoolery when I feel like it). The rear has a Manitou Swinger 6-way, which does help make the travel feel bottomless, but the Boxxer teams on the front are not nearly so mannered.

I'd like an extra inch on the front, since the Boxxers can get a bit rough when you are right off the brakes down a fast, rough chute. However, I would probably not like the extra height at the front, since I like to hit berms fast and low on the bike and taller bikes I have ridden feel a bit baulky doing this.

[Hopper]

I use about 9 inches in the rear and 7 inches up front through a Fox Vanilla RC and 03 Jnr T's. I want to upgrade the Jnr's to something more race ready, if they go over 2 months without service the speed spiking is almost unbearable on rocky tracks (damn my like Adelaide has quite a few of these :p)

[randomridermax]

damm adelaide rocks i use 8 in the rear and 7 up front i want something with like 5 in the rear and 6 up front

[fleshbone]

well im riding 06' stp0 wich has about 5.5' travel,i will eventually get a dh aand then use evrything it has to offer.

[Martin.au]

All 85mm on the front. I agree about the adelaide rocks >.< .

[Jeames]

i ride a ironhorse 7point7 ..
at the moment i am running a DHX5.0 on the rear (7inch) and marzocchi 66r (7inch) on the front .. its an awesome bike for hucking .. use most of the travel, less when you absorb it more ..

cheers

[soty]

i run 6" front. im on a hardtail so obviously no rear. it's not about how much travel you have, its about how smooth you are at big stuff. a guy i know hits over 20ft with mz comps... ew. another guy uses dirt jumpers for 30ft+ because they are hella stiff, it just depends how comfortable you are with big jumps/drops/stepdowns.

[Butch]

i use the full 8 inchs front n rear for hucking , banshee scream with fox 40's yuummm someone buy it!

[SoniX]

i use all of my 9 inches of norco sweet travel, via my Fox RC...

[diamondback bill]

i have marzocchi drop off 2 (130mm) with a little bit of air i use like 5 inches of my 6 for free ride, i couldnt tell u what i use for downhill, i dont have time to check it:Di ride a hardtail

[DH_DUDE]

got 8 inches on the rear, 8 on the front, i use all of it. The back goes BANG! and the front goes DING!

[Registered Nutcase]

ive got 8 at the front atm but im going back down to 7 to get the geo spot on. i have 8 on the rear via a 5th element

[@nDr3w]

how much would you guys and gals recommend as a good ammount of travel on a freeride hardtail?

[cheggy]

Depends what frame it is really. Most HT frames aren't designed to take too much travel up front. The had angle slackens and puts too much stress on the head tube.

But 5". I would say 130mm is a good amount. I wouldn't go over 6"

[saundo]

Ive got 200mm 888 ons the front an i bottom out sometimes on a dh corse and 9.5 inches on the rear which im yet to use all of ive only really used like 3quarters so far

[stinkytodamax]

six inches front and rear.

Mostly I use more than I have, like I do with money.:p

[Kreaky]

Old ride had 7inchs front and rear, Via a 5th element rear shock and custom internaled 03 boxxers. Would bottom out a little bit hitting rocks fast (bloody Adelaide rocks....again! lol) But i liked to run my suspention really soft with slow rebound.

New ride (will be here in 3 weeks! :D) has 8inchs on the front via Manituo's new Travis Tripple insintric Ti's and 10 inchs on the back via Manituo's new Revox! Can't wait to hit trails on it, and those rocks.... Hold up... WHAT ROCKS! :cool: ;)

[style wiskey]

Hardtail - 150mm Dj2s only ever bottomed the stupid things out about 4 or so times over 15 months.
Dually - 8 inch front, 9 inch rear, bottomed out the front 888 a number of times but yet to bottom out the rear.
I normally attempt most of the things I do on my dually on the hardtail... just for the sake of it.

[bandidoben]

i have a 06 mongoose black diamond triple. 7/8" rear (DHX 4.0) and boxxer rides on the front, 178mm (7") and i find thats plenty for me only borromed out forks a couple of time and yet to do it on the rear.

[@nDr3w]

Hardtail - 150mm

how does it go with all that travel on the front?
i only have 100mm on mine and that feels pretty laid back

[Ham]

travel??? whats that??? :o

[Ham]

nah i use all seven inches of my travel then smack metal on metal and blown seals damn :(

[style wiskey]

how does it go with all that travel on the front?
i only have 100mm on mine and that feels pretty laid back

Its an 04 norco rampage so it takes it mighty fine, I'll be getting a set of Pike U-turns sometime soon though... far to much travel for bmx track work.

[SoniX]

i also use all of my travel

[Laurie]

I usually use all of mine I've got boxxers with black box internals and almost all of mine at the back with a fox rc

[chriscross]

i used toi be the biggest huck in the world.
i had mzcomps
thiey sort of snaped and i woke up in an ambulance so yeh
STAY AWAY FROM MZCOMPS!!!

[latchy]

yer i am hucking well trying to on mz comps at the moment they are so gay mine flex like a bitch. But luckely soon to get new ones YAY

[bbspecial]

how much would you guys and gals recommend as a good ammount of travel on a freeride hardtail?

go for the marzocchi super monster's; 300mm of travel, 40mm stachions :D

[@nDr3w]

haha nice ill think about those.

[THE YETI]

I use all 7"front and back on my norco atomik when im dj'ing and hucking etc, cause i have my suspension set really soft.

[@nDr3w]

how does the plush suspension work for hucking and stuff. does it bottom out often?

[big_hit_boy]

i have mz-dirt jumper 2 6" at da front and manitou 3 way swinger with 8.75" at da bak

[MATT_82]

130mm via my 05 drop-offs up front and thats it hardtail all the way

[mcurrie]

200 on the front and 9 on the back of my stab deelux,it runs 888s and a fox dhx 3.0 with pro pedal.........:D

[leeb]

I have an 05 norco hard tail with marzochhi 66r's 170 mm of travel, there super plush and quality fork but 170 mm is a bit overkill maybe 150 mm would be better.

[Donkey-boy]

I use around 4 inches of travel on my hartail. I'm going to get 5 inch travel drop offs extremely soon.:)

[matty_101]

i use all four of travel on my bike too bad it nearly always bottoms out

[THE YETI]

REALLY plush suspension is MAD for dh but when it comes to hucking, youre better off going softer on the back, and a little stiffer on the front. Seals blow if they have too much pressure on them, so go a little stiffer.

[fair_enough69]

i used 100mm dirt jam comps when i started , but on my new bike i have pikes:D ,

[youngone]

Until this week I used the entire inch or so the front and rear tyres offered (sometime a few extra mm of rim - but that gets expensive). Now I’ve got 9inchs rear 8 front on top of what the tyres and rims have to offer. SMOOOOOTH!!!

[rell6103]

I don't know a whole lot about what different settings achieve, i just take what i have and ride off stuff. I can't understand why anyone wouldn't use all the travel available for hucking anyway. Its a different story if you're riding up as well, but for going down.

I have 6.3 inches on the rear, and 6.2 or something on the front.

[down_hillbilly]

I use 7 inch manitou shermans on the front and ive got 8.5 inch on the rear via a manitou swinger 3 way. Cheers :D

[Binaural]

REALLY plush suspension is MAD for dh but when it comes to hucking, youre better off going softer on the back, and a little stiffer on the front. Seals blow if they have too much pressure on them, so go a little stiffer.

Shocks also blow when they are bottomed out hard repeatedly ;)

[tom_9062]

i use all 6" on the front(04 dirt jumper 2) and all 7.6 on the rear with a manitou 3 way on my bighit (04 model). got it in the spetember holidays last year:D new and am looking to change the front to either 66 or 888's. if someone knows where i can get these cheap it would be much appreciated.

[DWNHLR01]

I have 8.25in" and 8in" up front...And I suck up every last mm of it ;-)

[skwiz05]

I also have 8.2" rear and 8" front which all of it gets used up.

[blackjack]

i use 8 inches at the front and 7.8 inches at the rear.

[Habiby]

i use 8 inches at the front and 7.8 inches at the rear.

you have but you dont use it:p

hucking up to a place at the goldy this weekend, big hucks, you can use it there.

[hotdoggi]

G day fello free riders. i ride an norco A-line... do 16-18 foot drops use all my travel.... im riding 9 inches on the rear and 8 on the front with 888's

go big or go home!

hey all,
just wondering how much travel you guys use for freeriding/hucking
and the like.
also, what forks/shocks do you use?
cheers:D

[Dougy]

No matter what style of riding you do you should be bottoming your suspension occasionally during a ride. The best place to start is by setting you sag to suit the typr of riding you will be doing.

I run about 40% in the rear for DH at Thredbo where there are not many jumps but plenty of high-speed bumps and rocks. When I ride the freeride lines in Jindy I usually put on a different spring, 50lbs heavier, and run about 30% sag. For the front I run no low-speed compression but a few clicks of high-speed for DH and about half my low-speed and all my high-speed for freeriding.

For freeriding you should also slow your rebound down a few clicks to allow your forks to fully absorb big landings and not pitch you off the bike.

[blackjack]

hahahaahahahaha yer i second that dougy. some little kid was screwing round with my bike and he turned my rebound up as high as it would go. i got back on and hit a drop and nearly got flug off. i run mine about 4 clicks from the slowest

[Pat H]

i got an 06 kona stinky, drop off tripples and a fox 3.0. 7in front n rear, use it all. the softer it is the nicer the ride is..... sometimes!!

[Dozer]

8 inches of sweet Shiver travel up the front and 11 inches of 6 way goodness on the back. I use all of the fork travel intentionally and I've never bottomed the rear out. Dabomb Projectile......travel and stability. :cool:

[fifty_frenzy]

hey dude i have 170mm on the front with 10w oil and super stiff 9inches on the back and i bottom out the back a bit. but the front is heaps.
norco a-line with dhx shock and 888 forks

[mace]

if it's a drop to flat all of it if thers a landing 1/2 of it and for jumps just a bit

[nothing mad]

6" front 6" rear nomad all the way. **** huckers lol

[arpit]

I try to tune my suspension so it is very progressive, and comes close to bottoming out when doing my expected riding. I never tune it so it actually does bottom out, since I like to leave a bit of room for unexpected obstacles, and stuff ups on my part. Sometimes I fear I'll blow the seals too... Especially since I'm running 30 mL more oil in each leg than the fork came with.
By making the suspension progressive, I get great small bump performance without bottoming it out all the time.
Finally, when I'm riding, I try to use as little of the suspension as possible.

[Caine]

0 " up front 0" up back...

6 inches smaller......


suspension is for pussys

[norco_maniac]

150 on the front and 6" on the back, rides sick, and not to heavy(norco six). awsome for everything!