Fork travel

[davidj]

What is the maximum safe fork travel on a late 90s hardtail?

Is it safe to use a longer travel fork if you underspring it so that some of the travel is taken up by the riders weight?

 

[jointhedotz]

depends on the bike really, late late 90's could be 80-100mm or more whereas 96/97 maybe 50-80mm. Just depends what they wee designed for.

Any particular bike in mind?

 

[davidj]

Re:

Coyote HT3, I have a soft spot for them.

 

[jointhedotz]

I'd think the 80-100 range tbh, maybe search the forum as I've seen a couple on here so you may get a more accurate answer. Hard to find info on.

 

[02gf74]

Not sure underspringing us the answer, they will sit lower but are more likely to botttom out plus when unweighted will affect geometry. Never done this so cant comment on how it affects the ride. Stick to what manufacturers recomnend in terms of tavel and spring rate, they know what theyre doing...... usually.