This is an interesting option that Steve from the YouTube channel [Hardtail Party](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57X6QWVrPkE&ab_channel=hardtailparty) co-designed: the [Binary Maniak](https://binarybicycles.com/product/maniak-titanium-mtb-frame/) It ain't cheap (ti never is), and has remarkably short chainstays (and thus is fairly short in overall wheelbase - though both do increase with each size other than CS between XS & S). With that exception it's almost as if he's been living in very close proximity to your own headspace. I've been watching his channel for a while and he's come around on slack geo (he used to not like really long/slack) and he likes short travel forks. It's designed for his particular riding style and trails in Sedona, AZ and has a lot going for it: space for 3" x 29er tyres, multi-wheelsize capable (incl mullet), sliders for singlespeed, fairly slack HA @65deg, reasonably long reaches, short seat tubes, loads of brazes... I'm not slapping down cash for a pre-order and am not sure if I'd dig riding a bike with chainstays _quite_ that short for the rooty jank here on the 'Shore - but I'd love to give it a whirl.
Dec. 29, 2021, 11 p.m. - khai
This is an interesting option that Steve from the YouTube channel [Hardtail Party](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57X6QWVrPkE&ab_channel=hardtailparty) co-designed: the [Binary Maniak](https://binarybicycles.com/product/maniak-titanium-mtb-frame/) It ain't cheap (ti never is), and has remarkably short chainstays (and thus is fairly short in overall wheelbase - though both do increase with each size other than CS between XS & S). With that exception it's almost as if he's been living in very close proximity to your own headspace. I've been watching his channel for a while and he's come around on slack geo (he used to not like really long/slack) and he likes short travel forks. It's designed for his particular riding style and trails in Sedona, AZ and has a lot going for it: space for 3" x 29er tyres, multi-wheelsize capable (incl mullet), sliders for singlespeed, fairly slack HA @65deg, reasonably long reaches, short seat tubes, loads of brazes... I'm not slapping down cash for a pre-order and am not sure if I'd dig riding a bike with chainstays _quite_ that short for the rooty jank here on the 'Shore - but I'd love to give it a whirl.