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Those geo numbers aren’t far off my 130 bike. I had a similar idea, a fun poppy playful bike with short back end. Don’t get me wrong, I love the bike but I sort of wish I’d went for even less travel to differentiate a bit more from the 170 bike. Obviously what I need to do is keep the 130 bike and build a 100m travel bike too.
TotalShanner-
I'll take that on board too, perhaps 120mm might be better or even 110mm although I am conscious of how fewer the options are for beefy shorter travel forks and I would like to retain chassis rigidity...
I suppose maybe some sort of DJ fork might even be a good option but then I'm not sure how they will behave for small bump compliance as presumably they're not really designed for that?
I had been thinking if I could get my hands on a Rockshox Lyric Coil U-Turn I'd be laughing as it's adjustable between 115mm-160mm travel and I actually had one before and loved it, proper plush fork with great small bump compliance and progression for big hits!
I'm strongly considering trying to pick up a donor bike so I'll keep my eyes peeled!
Nahguavkire
This is the problem with my Capra being so capable even with 180mm of travel to be honest... I'm hoping I can come up with something different enough to differentiate the two...
I definitely won't be able to just copy modern geo verbatim but I think by picking out some key characteristics it could add up to a super fun bike!
Thinking in the region of the following figures to start -
HA - c.65°
STA - c.75°
Chain Stay - c.425mm
Reach - c.430mm
I'm not entirely sure what I'm at but I guess I just want a relatively short back end with ST and HT angles to suit good pedally-ness and good handling?