Are we buying bikes with too much travel? 

160mm is a good trail bike with the new suspension fork we have in the market, it depends on your mood or style of riding you can use volume spacefs either you add volume spacer and reduce the psi for plush and small bumps for trail riding or in between on enduro high psi and 2-3 volume spacers for less bottom out. Do not be afraid to overfork just enjoy the ride. Most riders mostly no paying attention on the Head Tube angle and set tube angle/anti squat these will affect your riding style depending on the type of trail you are doing.

Liking that bike. Go on, send it buddy..😜

im only using fox 34 140 mm in any terrain and its still fine.. for me no need more trvel

about time for another bike run through. Looks like you are on your third occam this year (might be wrong but the first one was orange, then there was the black with metal flake paint and now a white one). What have you changed, why and what works? good luck with the remaining races.

What size bike is that? And what's your height? I've tested an Occam in L and it felt a bit cramped. I'm 180cm

Hey man, what exact model is it? I'm about to pull the trigger on an occam 2022 h20 lt

I bought a s-works Stumpjumper EVO with all the bells and whistles. I thought I’d ride faster on a slightly bigger, more aggressive bike. I still ride my alloy Giant Trance X more. It’s more fun and playful on my local Midwest trails. A little less travel, steeper head angle, a little more efficient pedaling. The Stumpy evo feels like it needs some pretty big mountain terrain to feel better, and it’s not even an enduro bike. The people pedaling big enduro bikes on tame trails are really missing out.

What size??

I dont disagree, but i think some race enduro riders would do better with triple crowns.

there is no such thing as too much travel lol