Agreed. Something else also occurred to me as I was commuting to work this morning on my 180mm cranks. BB height.
If you're going to go through all the trouble or making a bike with different geometries like Forbidden is doing, why not make them with different base BB heights? Why? because of crank length.
In some ways, we are moving forward in bike geometry but in one we have stepped back. Many brands are now speccing 170mm cranks across the board. Wait. What? Yes, to prevent pedal strike people are running shorter cranks.
To me, this is akin to pushing your seat forward to back to adjust top tube length. Yes GG has plush or crush but I don't want to be forced into the high mode because as a tall rider I still want to run 175mm cranks. Make the BB higher overall. I know it might have a tiny effect on the descending feel, but I'm not racing downhill, I pedal my bike too.
April 24, 2019, 8:48 a.m. - cyclotoine
Agreed. Something else also occurred to me as I was commuting to work this morning on my 180mm cranks. BB height. If you're going to go through all the trouble or making a bike with different geometries like Forbidden is doing, why not make them with different base BB heights? Why? because of crank length. In some ways, we are moving forward in bike geometry but in one we have stepped back. Many brands are now speccing 170mm cranks across the board. Wait. What? Yes, to prevent pedal strike people are running shorter cranks. To me, this is akin to pushing your seat forward to back to adjust top tube length. Yes GG has plush or crush but I don't want to be forced into the high mode because as a tall rider I still want to run 175mm cranks. Make the BB higher overall. I know it might have a tiny effect on the descending feel, but I'm not racing downhill, I pedal my bike too.