Nov. 6, 2013, 1:58 a.m. -  builttoride

#!markdown Ability to manual can't be put down to any one thing. The important factors are… Chainstay length - longer = harder to pull up to manual BB drop - more drop = harder to pull up. Not only rotate back further to find alance point, but also the horizontal distrance between rear axle and BB will lengthen til point where it is same height as rear axle. Reach - longer reach generally makes manualling harder, as it requires more forcefull pull back to lift front. Stack - lower stack = harder to manual as you initally have more weight forward and low to pull up (similar to longer reach) Axle path - the more rearward the axle path, the harder it is to pull up to manual, because as the suspension compresses as you shift weight back, the chainstay effectively lengthens. - Suspensions setup obviously has a big factor too. So lots of things, but you'll also notice that nearly all the things that make a bike harder to manual are things that racers want to have to go faster… once again… it's all about compromise!