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That's very interesting to know. Another mate was encouraging me to increase travel and I assumed I'd have to get another fork. If I don't have to get anything different I might give it a whirl 👍
It's close to getting turned into a single speed with rigid forks tbh because I don't ride it off road and on road it feels like a boat
EasyAndy-
Aye, it's pretty straightforward & the service instructions are all on the SRAM site- pick up a basic service kit & do the seals at the same time and you're golden. The recon golds are pretty basic but mine were really plush after a service & reasonably light.
Rigid single speed is a decent option - frame fits 2.35" Vittoria Barzos which are pretty light and roll well for the size, no gears and a rigid crabon fork up front would make it pretty nimble
mcJ78
I have the 2x10 version of this in the small flavour - forks also came set to 80mm, think it was size that determined the travel. You should be able to remove one or two internal spacers to give you 100/120mm, I did this & it was a great improvement, every 20mm slackens the head angle by a degree or two - I ended up settling with 100mm then eventually replaced everything on the bike - they're good frames, worth a bit of tinkering
From memory the stock bars were pretty narrow, even changing those & sticking some chunkier tyres on made it feel a bit more confident, but increasing the travel a bit made the biggest improvement.