Following on from: 2024 XC Bike & Equipment Thread

[image] Arierep: As mentioned above, the Fox Transfer SL does just that, 2 mechanical positions. Interesting, so does it just pop back up and re-lock at the top if you aren’t all the way at the bottom and release the lever too soon? Makes sense as a trade off for weight, I’m just surprised t…

Looking a a Specialized Chisel Comp as a NICA bike for me ever growing son. The 2025 models are specced with mechanical GX while the 26 are specced with Transmission 70. Which would you opt for? I’ve enjoyed a bike with GX but don’t know anything about the bottom tier Transmission group. The onl…

[image] jonedwards: Which you opt for? Get the color he likes the most. Scientifically proven a bike that looks good is faster. :grin:

I have the Transfer SL on my Epic 8 coming off an AXS Reverb that I have on a Supercaliber. The Transfer SL is great and for the most part don’t miss the infinite adjustment. I really like to positive action the Transfer SL has and it gives a satisfying “thunk” when you pop it back up. The weight…

Has anybody considered/looked at/ridden the new Fox 34 SL 130mm forks? I’m thinking about it as a relatively cheap performance upgrade for my 22 SC Blur TR. I’d get more travel, slightly longer wheelbase, slightly slacker head angle for not that much spend - and it’s basically the same weight as my …

Assuming that you’re coming from a 130mm fork, and while all the geometry impacts that you mentioned are true, those will be small enough that you’ll forget about them after a couple of riding hours. Those will not make the bike “more capable”. Just my 2.c

[image] Arierep: Assuming that you’re coming from a 130mm fork Ahhh yeah good catch. I forgot to mention I’m coming from the stock 120mm fork. Looking at axle to crown lengths, I think there’s about a 14mm difference. Accounting for usage, that’s about a 12mm effective A-C length change - abo…

Keep in mind that SC only approves up to 120mm forks for the Blur. It’s possible that overforking voids the warranty. Then again, maybe SC just sets a limit so that it doesn’t overlap with the Tallboy.

For me, 120mm felt like I was overforking that frame. It seemed like they designed that bike as 100/100 and then the TR was an afterthought when the winds of XC bikes changed. They need a big update to that bike IMO.

Along this topic, I have an Epic 8 Evo Pro that came with a Fox 34 Factory. I’m assuming that a Fox 34 SL would be kind of a useless upgrade, even if my goal was to better set the bike up for riding Leadville?

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losifer January 26, 2026, 8:12pm 1192

D’oh! There goes any modicum of credibility in my reading skills..

Thanks for the response!

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