If you compare top tube length to other major brands it really isn’t that long. The reach is long because of the steep seat tube but really if you ride xl you should ride xl in this too so you have the same cockpit length and actually benefit from the progressive forward geo. As one point the xl murmur is less than 1 cm longer in effective top tube than an xl Rocky Mountain instinct. Of course I haven’t ridden it, but I’ve never test ridden any bike I’ve owned, always ordered, because no one stocks XL in the model I want.
Sept. 25, 2018, 9:35 a.m. - cyclotoine
If you compare top tube length to other major brands it really isn’t that long. The reach is long because of the steep seat tube but really if you ride xl you should ride xl in this too so you have the same cockpit length and actually benefit from the progressive forward geo. As one point the xl murmur is less than 1 cm longer in effective top tube than an xl Rocky Mountain instinct. Of course I haven’t ridden it, but I’ve never test ridden any bike I’ve owned, always ordered, because no one stocks XL in the model I want.