It took me some time to find the middle of the Lg, as I likely mentioned, but the XL felt good right away. In fact it felt better riding on the road, climbing and in particular descending challenging terrain. We are the same size but I have never jumped on an XL because my legs are long for my height and I'm not ape-like. That said, this feels incredibly right.
A factor for me is that for most of the last few years I've been riding 29ers. On 27s I could really notice that there was less wheel in front of me and behind me, hence my struggle finding the middle. On the XL I am sitting in the bike much more rather than on it - and it feels very comfortable.
July 4, 2018, 10:26 p.m. - Cam McRae
It took me some time to find the middle of the Lg, as I likely mentioned, but the XL felt good right away. In fact it felt better riding on the road, climbing and in particular descending challenging terrain. We are the same size but I have never jumped on an XL because my legs are long for my height and I'm not ape-like. That said, this feels incredibly right. A factor for me is that for most of the last few years I've been riding 29ers. On 27s I could really notice that there was less wheel in front of me and behind me, hence my struggle finding the middle. On the XL I am sitting in the bike much more rather than on it - and it feels very comfortable.