I alluded to it in the review but there’s always a balance of article length vs. attention span that I’m pushing up against. I really appreciate the comment section as an opportunity to illuminate and reconsider my experiences.
If the Satori had a 140mm Yari and a cable actuated post with a bad remote then I would have bumped the fork travel up 20mm (~$50 part) and installed a e13 TRS+ match maker remote I have at home as part of the review.
Along with a 20mm wider bar and a 10mm longer stem I don’t consider those unreasonable expenses to dial in a stock bike to my exact preference.
My experience with my Stache re-review was such that I didn’t seriously consider swapping the fork, dropper post, and shock to try the Satori frame under a set of circumstances where I think it could potentially be awesome. As was rightly pointed out to me with the Stache, this is a Bike review NOT a Frame review. It’s not realistic to expect a rider to buy this bike and then swap major components.
If Kona sent me a large Satori frameset for review I believe that my experience, transferring over my kit from my personal rig, would be very different just as it was with the Stache.
April 5, 2018, 8:43 a.m. - Andrew Major
I alluded to it in the review but there’s always a balance of article length vs. attention span that I’m pushing up against. I really appreciate the comment section as an opportunity to illuminate and reconsider my experiences. If the Satori had a 140mm Yari and a cable actuated post with a bad remote then I would have bumped the fork travel up 20mm (~$50 part) and installed a e13 TRS+ match maker remote I have at home as part of the review. Along with a 20mm wider bar and a 10mm longer stem I don’t consider those unreasonable expenses to dial in a stock bike to my exact preference. My experience with my Stache re-review was such that I didn’t seriously consider swapping the fork, dropper post, and shock to try the Satori frame under a set of circumstances where I think it could potentially be awesome. As was rightly pointed out to me with the Stache, this is a Bike review NOT a Frame review. It’s not realistic to expect a rider to buy this bike and then swap major components. If Kona sent me a large Satori frameset for review I believe that my experience, transferring over my kit from my personal rig, would be very different just as it was with the Stache.