To me, numbers make more sense vs Small/Medium/Large... More and more, people are choosing bikes based on the overall geo they like (reach/wheelbase etc). Rather than continuing to pigeon-hole people into large or medium bike riders... just choose based on preferred geo... more companies need to start doing this.
Number sizes don't need to "line up" or relate to anything else... they're just the numbered geo options available for that bike. Another bike will have it's own numbered geo options. Kinda like how one bike model's "Large" usually doesn't have much to do with another model's "Large". Hopefully it will get more people to stop comparing "sizes" and just figure out the geo they like.
It's especially nice to see more companies offering multiple geo adjust features. Lots of same height riders have different ape-indexes and in-seams, or just prefer different reaches, wheelbases H&SA's.
This is all a good thing.
Oct. 6, 2020, 3:38 p.m. - IslandLife
To me, numbers make more sense vs Small/Medium/Large... More and more, people are choosing bikes based on the overall geo they like (reach/wheelbase etc). Rather than continuing to pigeon-hole people into large or medium bike riders... just choose based on preferred geo... more companies need to start doing this. Number sizes don't need to "line up" or relate to anything else... they're just the numbered geo options available for that bike. Another bike will have it's own numbered geo options. Kinda like how one bike model's "Large" usually doesn't have much to do with another model's "Large". Hopefully it will get more people to stop comparing "sizes" and just figure out the geo they like. It's especially nice to see more companies offering multiple geo adjust features. Lots of same height riders have different ape-indexes and in-seams, or just prefer different reaches, wheelbases H&SA's. This is all a good thing.