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Really appreciating the critical thinking/writing here. Will echo David Max's
appreciation of a steep actual seattube angle. So many bikes fail this for
long legged folks. There's a lot to like about this bike. Also would point out
that the convertible geometry would allow a dual position air fork and a
reasonable BB height in the high rear/low front position for alpine rides,
while still being bike-park compatible in full shred mode.
Ran a quick analysis in linkage and while i'm no professional, it looks like
(as a casual glance would indicate) it has a Norco-esque steep downward
sloping antisquat curve, roughly 110% at sag in 32×42, with quite low anti-
rise, and a super progressive lev ratio. 455 reach on a large might not look
too new school, but that's actually the same front center as a 463 reach at
609 stack (given same HA). They're even paying design service to heel
clearance! Questionable seatpost diameter but man, so much right about this
who cares? I probably don't Need 170mm suspension, so drop a few extra tokens
and call it good!
Aug. 29, 2016, 10:09 p.m. - traildog
#!markdown Really appreciating the critical thinking/writing here. Will echo David Max's appreciation of a steep actual seattube angle. So many bikes fail this for long legged folks. There's a lot to like about this bike. Also would point out that the convertible geometry would allow a dual position air fork and a reasonable BB height in the high rear/low front position for alpine rides, while still being bike-park compatible in full shred mode. Ran a quick analysis in linkage and while i'm no professional, it looks like (as a casual glance would indicate) it has a Norco-esque steep downward sloping antisquat curve, roughly 110% at sag in 32×42, with quite low anti- rise, and a super progressive lev ratio. 455 reach on a large might not look too new school, but that's actually the same front center as a 463 reach at 609 stack (given same HA). They're even paying design service to heel clearance! Questionable seatpost diameter but man, so much right about this who cares? I probably don't Need 170mm suspension, so drop a few extra tokens and call it good!