I love the Growler platform and I’ll point out I mentioned it and linked to my review of the latest Growler 20 in the second paragraph of this article. Totally agree (see review) that Rocky did a brilliant job with OE tire spec on the 20 & 40.
Re. Unit (or Unit X) they’re great rigid/shorter platforms (66 _static with -2_ Angleset + Rigid and another 1.5-2* slacker static with a 120mm fork). More aggressive geo than a Honzo and much more rigid-compatible.
With the Growler it would need a really long (custom) rigid fork to work with the geo.
Also, in the spirit of all hardtail riders being future single speeders I like bikes with sliding dropouts.
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(Also not sure if you were teasing, but I don’t think I’m the internet’s \#1 advocate for ultra slack hardtails am I?! Maybe top 100!)
May 27, 2020, 1:29 p.m. - Andrew Major
I love the Growler platform and I’ll point out I mentioned it and linked to my review of the latest Growler 20 in the second paragraph of this article. Totally agree (see review) that Rocky did a brilliant job with OE tire spec on the 20 & 40. Re. Unit (or Unit X) they’re great rigid/shorter platforms (66 _static with -2_ Angleset + Rigid and another 1.5-2* slacker static with a 120mm fork). More aggressive geo than a Honzo and much more rigid-compatible. With the Growler it would need a really long (custom) rigid fork to work with the geo. Also, in the spirit of all hardtail riders being future single speeders I like bikes with sliding dropouts. - (Also not sure if you were teasing, but I don’t think I’m the internet’s \#1 advocate for ultra slack hardtails am I?! Maybe top 100!)