Nice write up AJ. After reading a few of your articles on the Geometron, I was definitely geo-curious. I looked into getting a frame and I was almost ready to pull the trigger... but the cost of just the frame is a hard pill to swallow. Especially without demo-ing one and not knowing if you're going to like it. So I dipped my toes in the long slack pond with a Stumpy Evo 29 S3 (I'm 5'8") and the 475 mm reach is a pretty big departure from the 435-440 I've been riding lately. Well it's only been a couple of rides, but it's pretty damn fun. And it didn't take very long to get along with a bike so much longer than my old ones. Like you said AJ, the hardest part is going ultra slow, other than that, all good things.
For those out there that are curious about the longer bikes, try to demo a Stumpy Evo (I think Steed in North Van will have demos) or a Transition. They should be much easier to get a hold of and will give you an idea how things work before dropping >$4k CDN on a frame...
Jan. 25, 2019, 10:36 a.m. - grimwood
Nice write up AJ. After reading a few of your articles on the Geometron, I was definitely geo-curious. I looked into getting a frame and I was almost ready to pull the trigger... but the cost of just the frame is a hard pill to swallow. Especially without demo-ing one and not knowing if you're going to like it. So I dipped my toes in the long slack pond with a Stumpy Evo 29 S3 (I'm 5'8") and the 475 mm reach is a pretty big departure from the 435-440 I've been riding lately. Well it's only been a couple of rides, but it's pretty damn fun. And it didn't take very long to get along with a bike so much longer than my old ones. Like you said AJ, the hardest part is going ultra slow, other than that, all good things. For those out there that are curious about the longer bikes, try to demo a Stumpy Evo (I think Steed in North Van will have demos) or a Transition. They should be much easier to get a hold of and will give you an idea how things work before dropping >$4k CDN on a frame...