I know this is NSMB and as such most of the reviewers will be riding or able to ride some seriously technical, super steep stuff and most rides will be climbing into descending, but for most of the rest of the world, we don't get all that nice stuff, we pedal flat, rolling, not steep climbs etc., so for the 64* HTA is too slack, but the 430mm BB is nice, allows for an easier time to pop the front wheel up or keep pedaling in the rough/chunk.
I still long for my 105mm rear travel Phantom, ran it with a 130mm fork, hoping maybe one day to get the BB fixed and safe to ride. The HTA could be set at 67.5/68/68.5* and the STA was "only" 74* _(snickers, hate the modern steep STA for the long, everything encompassing, climbing, rolling/flat, steep rides I like)_ but man did I love that feeling of absolutely being the one that made things happen, more so than the bike/geometry/travel doing it all for me, keeping on the back wheel of someone on a 130mm+ rear travel bike always made me feel good, pushing them to error trying to keep me "at bay", well, that just made me LTFO.
Feb. 17, 2022, 9:48 a.m. - Lynx .
I know this is NSMB and as such most of the reviewers will be riding or able to ride some seriously technical, super steep stuff and most rides will be climbing into descending, but for most of the rest of the world, we don't get all that nice stuff, we pedal flat, rolling, not steep climbs etc., so for the 64* HTA is too slack, but the 430mm BB is nice, allows for an easier time to pop the front wheel up or keep pedaling in the rough/chunk. I still long for my 105mm rear travel Phantom, ran it with a 130mm fork, hoping maybe one day to get the BB fixed and safe to ride. The HTA could be set at 67.5/68/68.5* and the STA was "only" 74* _(snickers, hate the modern steep STA for the long, everything encompassing, climbing, rolling/flat, steep rides I like)_ but man did I love that feeling of absolutely being the one that made things happen, more so than the bike/geometry/travel doing it all for me, keeping on the back wheel of someone on a 130mm+ rear travel bike always made me feel good, pushing them to error trying to keep me "at bay", well, that just made me LTFO.