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« on: May 31, 2015, 08:29:51 PM »
I am new to the forum and appreciate all the great info in here!!
I looked for info on my questions below but could not tease out the info after hours of reading.
I ran into a forum member who built a IP036 bike at a race and I am hooked on building one (I was looking at the big brands). I want the FS bike.
I do low level XC races as well as XC 'rides' with friends. I ride w my wheels on the ground but often encounter significant rock gardens ad roots (ride in NY-New England). I intend on doing a higher level build (not looking for overkill).
What is important to me is weight and performance - looking for a fast bike with some forgiveness.
Target now is XX1 Group, remote lockout (have not picked suspension yet), dropper post (I'll take a weight penalty for this). I will copy someone's build list once I am locked in a bit more.
I have a few prelim questions as I put together my order list.
I would like to relax the head angle from 71degrees (ideally to below 70 but I know that is a lot) for some forgiveness. Seems the best way to do this is to use the longer 120MM travel fork.
*Any other suggestions how to relax the head angle and by how much (that a newbie can pull off)
*What will the angle reduce to with 120mm of travel?
*What is the best reasonable fork/shock combo for my goals (weight, XC w Rocks etc, remote)
Thanks in advance!!!
Doug