I don't have a ton of experience on longer than 150mm travel bikes, but when I do ride them I notice when I did pedal that even if they have the steep STA & good AS, the fact is that 170mm travel bikes move a lot, even just to reach sag. For me, those larger transfers of weight had quite a bit of negative effect on pedaling performance.
The Spur doesn't even have a good AS number, but it still pedals well. I think short travel bikes can just do somethings that even with all the tricks longer travel bikes struggle to do.
Sounds like you need to add a DC bike to the Quiver!
Feb. 22, 2022, 11:08 a.m. - Suns_PSD
I don't have a ton of experience on longer than 150mm travel bikes, but when I do ride them I notice when I did pedal that even if they have the steep STA & good AS, the fact is that 170mm travel bikes move a lot, even just to reach sag. For me, those larger transfers of weight had quite a bit of negative effect on pedaling performance. The Spur doesn't even have a good AS number, but it still pedals well. I think short travel bikes can just do somethings that even with all the tricks longer travel bikes struggle to do. Sounds like you need to add a DC bike to the Quiver!