Seems strange they would make an "enduro race bike" that can shift between geometries with such conservative "low" numbers. To me this seems more like a Trail/Aggressive-XC bike vs Enduro/Trail bike. Maybe they should add a third "extra low" setting to the Shape-shifting system and take that head angle down to 64.5 or at least 65.
Also weird... I'm no expert when it comes to geometry numbers but those top tube lengths seem long for the given reach and wheelbase numbers... are those right? Or is there just some wacky geometry going on with this bike? Or maybe I'm just not understanding this bike...
Then there's the choice to spec 165mm crank arm lengths, which might be ok for medium and small... and I know there's a bit of wave of people going with shorter arms, but 165 for a Large is suspect... and 165 on the XL??
Jan. 17, 2019, 9:10 a.m. - IslandLife
Seems strange they would make an "enduro race bike" that can shift between geometries with such conservative "low" numbers. To me this seems more like a Trail/Aggressive-XC bike vs Enduro/Trail bike. Maybe they should add a third "extra low" setting to the Shape-shifting system and take that head angle down to 64.5 or at least 65. Also weird... I'm no expert when it comes to geometry numbers but those top tube lengths seem long for the given reach and wheelbase numbers... are those right? Or is there just some wacky geometry going on with this bike? Or maybe I'm just not understanding this bike... Then there's the choice to spec 165mm crank arm lengths, which might be ok for medium and small... and I know there's a bit of wave of people going with shorter arms, but 165 for a Large is suspect... and 165 on the XL??