Well, there it is folks the GOD of MTB _(Brian Tuulos)_ has just spoken and it's final, no one over 5'7" can ride a 450mm Reach bike, guess I'm going to have to just toss my newly resurrected V1 L Phantom at 6'2" then :-(
Maybe I'm just not educated and living in ignorance because I've never tried a bike with longer Reach, except I own 2, one that's got a 474mm Reach with a 629mm Stack and the other with a 484mm Reach and 601mm Stack.
I won't though, since the Stack is 625mm and I own a 70mm stem that seems to work very well with a 780mm wide bar, for me and the riding I like to do ;-) Could the Reach be longer, maybe 10mm, but that isn't kill cow and I always have an absolute blast on it.
March 18, 2022, 1:28 p.m. - Lynx .
Well, there it is folks the GOD of MTB _(Brian Tuulos)_ has just spoken and it's final, no one over 5'7" can ride a 450mm Reach bike, guess I'm going to have to just toss my newly resurrected V1 L Phantom at 6'2" then :-( Maybe I'm just not educated and living in ignorance because I've never tried a bike with longer Reach, except I own 2, one that's got a 474mm Reach with a 629mm Stack and the other with a 484mm Reach and 601mm Stack.  I won't though, since the Stack is 625mm and I own a 70mm stem that seems to work very well with a 780mm wide bar, for me and the riding I like to do ;-) Could the Reach be longer, maybe 10mm, but that isn't kill cow and I always have an absolute blast on it.