Ha!
I think doing a deeper dive on current geo trends it’s once again an example of bike designers taking the easy road of what’s popular - like with fork offsets - rather than choosing spec/geo that’s best for a given size or application.
Just talking FS bikes and not accounting for personal preference...
Effective seat angle for a XXL bike with 525mm Reach probably should be 81-degrees.
Effective seat angle for the XS of the same bike probably should be closer to 74.
Look at that... there’s room for 6x sizes in between. The M and M/L are where the bike jumps from 27” to 29” wheels.
Oh, and the rear center of the XS can be 430mm and let’s add 5mm per size.
Beautiful.
Nov. 19, 2019, 9:19 a.m. - Andrew Major
Ha! I think doing a deeper dive on current geo trends it’s once again an example of bike designers taking the easy road of what’s popular - like with fork offsets - rather than choosing spec/geo that’s best for a given size or application. Just talking FS bikes and not accounting for personal preference... Effective seat angle for a XXL bike with 525mm Reach probably should be 81-degrees. Effective seat angle for the XS of the same bike probably should be closer to 74. Look at that... there’s room for 6x sizes in between. The M and M/L are where the bike jumps from 27” to 29” wheels. Oh, and the rear center of the XS can be 430mm and let’s add 5mm per size. Beautiful.