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Howard-
I agree really.
The Catch being that the Meta SL is designed for 500mm A-C forks, and comes With a 120mm fork OTP (a Float 32 in fact). Any 34mm, or 36mm 26" forks are always going to have a load more travel New. So I'm going to have to feck around With reducing that. I've set 510mm as my max A-C (because I obviously know more than commencal....cough...). Which allows 130mm of travel.
Float 34 at 130mm - 508mm AC - 1920g - $448
Slant 34 at 130mm - 515mm AC - 1905g - $339
Pike 35 at 130mm - 512mm AC - 1835g - $612Not much to choose between other then price really.
Smallfurry
I'll be running 130mm travel, wide ass bars, and a 50mm stem. I still may not be 'knarly' enough to noticably flex 32mm forks. But I'll take the weight penalty for a little more stiffness I think.