Well, I feel bad for accidentally being on this hype train for years. 46mm 29er offset at 66.5 degrees on long-ish travel 29ers was a cost decision for me ($400 OEM Pike in 2014 is hard to resist).
I get that bikes are always a compromise, but as a bigger rider I've never felt that I'm too stable on anything south of 35lb and 50" wheelbase... I just wish I could borrow the ear of a product manager for long enough to try out something genuinely crazy with some of the rest of the component spec. I'm not that great a rider, but I do know precisely what I want it to handle like, who knows.
July 3, 2018, 11:24 a.m. - Tehllama42
Well, I feel bad for accidentally being on this hype train for years. 46mm 29er offset at 66.5 degrees on long-ish travel 29ers was a cost decision for me ($400 OEM Pike in 2014 is hard to resist). I get that bikes are always a compromise, but as a bigger rider I've never felt that I'm too stable on anything south of 35lb and 50" wheelbase... I just wish I could borrow the ear of a product manager for long enough to try out something genuinely crazy with some of the rest of the component spec. I'm not that great a rider, but I do know precisely what I want it to handle like, who knows.