Thank you for the in depth review. On paper, the seat tube seems very long, limiting dropper extension. What was your experience with that?
I think that the Arktos ST is actually the more interesting bike. The normal Arktos seems like a hard sell among all the excellent bikes in its bracket (Occam, Reactor, Jeffsy, Genius, Prime, Ripmo,....). But an even more nimble short travel version has a lot of appeal. Plus, shorter droppers won't be that much of an issue on shorter travel bikes.
Feb. 4, 2020, 6:13 a.m. - Timer
Thank you for the in depth review. On paper, the seat tube seems very long, limiting dropper extension. What was your experience with that? I think that the Arktos ST is actually the more interesting bike. The normal Arktos seems like a hard sell among all the excellent bikes in its bracket (Occam, Reactor, Jeffsy, Genius, Prime, Ripmo,....). But an even more nimble short travel version has a lot of appeal. Plus, shorter droppers won't be that much of an issue on shorter travel bikes.